Native American Indian Thunderbird Effigy Flint Blade

 This is quite a stunning piece of portable rock art and looks to be an authentic Native American Indian piece, and a good size too, being over 8 inches. They were copied during the 60's and 70's and perhaps as far back as the 1880's some people claim there is no such thing, but patinas cannot be faked, the patina looks authentic here and I am obviously unwilling to chip the item to be certain. Often called Thunder bird effigies this artifact is also known as a ceremonial eagle effigy. It looks to be made from Burlington Chert which is not unusual for native American Indian art and artifacts. More Modern examples can be seen here: 

 Portable Rock Art and Figure Stones vs Native American Indians

 Thunderbird or Eagle??

Genuine article or old reproduction?

Figure Stones - The Hidden Art of Paleolithic Stone Tools - Hands

Ive mentioned and demonstrated numerous times hand symbology in my stone tool and prehistoric art finds. However it is not just my finds that show this symbology, it can be found in paleolithic tools and hand axes found all over the world.  What I have demonstrated is genuine and some of the worlds oldest art, so don't be fooled by the naysayers that tell you your being fooled by your imagination because my work and research produces genuine results and observations thereof that can be independently repeated and verified.

So how is my work and research testable from a scientific point of view? Well it really is as simple as topology and convention. I have found topology not only in symbology, but materials, pigments and symbol combination. I have detailed and demonstrated these symbols and conventions not only in 'standard' stone tools, but also in finds that show no cutting or piercing properties, so that others can realize the truth for themselves. My research on pigments is also scientifically testable and results repeatable as the prehistoric people on my find site seemed to stick to the recipe they used.

My find site is very close to one of the most famous paleolithic archeological sites.

This small scraper shows hand symbology, which is common in flint tool finds, in this example it shows the whole hand holding a rock.

This find was recovered from a chalk cliff, notice the hand shape in relief at the bottom of the stone, thumb finger and finger nail. This item has no apparent standard tooling use.

The following pictures are all flint tools that are described as being from the paleolithic period, most were found in various places in Africa, the exact symbology shown has also been found in my own collection from here in the UK, but can also be found in stone tool finds from all over the world. Look carefully for hand shapes, partial hand shapes and thumb shapes, including nails.

 

Index finger on the right, thumb upper left, nails downwards.

                             Index finger on the right, thumb upper left, nails downwards.

 

Thumb upper left, nails downwards, possible damage on the right? leaving the index finger obscured.

Index finger on the right, thumb upper/middle left, nails upwards, as though holding the darker cortex patch upper center.

These three hand axes are all UK finds suspected paleolithic, probable thumb and nail symbology and possible cloaked figure symbology. Source: http://www.stoneagetools.co.uk/stone-age-tools-galleries.htm

These three are all from my find site here in the south of England, all show combination cloaked figure and clawed finger symbology.

The following hand axes/stone tools all show thumb and nail or claw symbology, diagnostic shaping, on some of them it is confined to the tip or is very subtle.

Figure Stones - Cloak and Dagger - Prehistoric Art

 Cloaked figures and thumb/finger shapes are probably the most common artistic impressions to be found in the world of figure stones and portable rock art. Both of these motifs also bleed into flint tool assemblages found world wide, but the archeologists involved are often completely ignorant of the artistic images concealed in the flint tool finds, and do not realize that the flint tools also contain prehistoric art.

Take these relatively recent finds from India that apparently challenge the theory of evolution, looking closely through the finds I notice a few that I would classify as the cloaked figure and one that matches closely with the Thumb motif. I have used scientific method to prove that what I describe as the cloaked figure motif goes beyond just a tooling shape, but also appears in finds with no apparent cutting proposes. This means that the shape has a use that is not as a standard tool, logically a figurative explanation is apparent when one studies the details of finer examples.

Read more about the Indian finds here: Indian Stone Tools Unearthed

 The above animation gives a good impression of the cloaked figure motif, although its design is fairly simple, some face like details are visible.

 The Animation below also contains a good figure impression likeness, but look for the finger and nail motif.

 I suggest you zoom in and study the images below close up to see the finer details, the 'nail tip' also has traces of pigment.

 This next find not only triggers the cloaked figure but also again triggers the digit with nail,  I suggest thumb in this case.

The second in the sequence matches a thump of finger motif very closely, face details are also present in a few here but I suggest you look very closely at the last one. You may also notice the impression of an arm, hand, and cloaked sleeve in the last 3 images.

Figure Stones - Prehistoric Art of the Paleolithic

Here are a selection of recent prehistoric art finds, all are worked flint stones, and one has a very plausible tool usage, although not a tool that I know to have been recognized in other stone age tool assemblages. I label these finds as paleolithic as they show figurative depictions of creatures that were only have believed to have lived locally in the paleolithic age or older.

 Not an unusual face depiction to find in figure stones or portable rock art, however, this one has a clever anamorphic illusion effect, very rarely demonstrated in collections outside my own, if ever. Despite the right facing profile, a possible blue tit like bird depiction can be seen inset, the reason I suggest blue tit is that it would match other more convincing depictions of the same subject I have in other finds.

 The video demonstrates the anamorphic illusion, the still above demonstrates the intricate detail put in to sculpting the eye shape.

The next two finds represent some of the easiest portable rock art to find and recognize, the thumb motif, just like flint arrow heads, these have a very distinctive shape and usage. If you want to prove your figure stone collection has validity, find these among your assemblage, they can be found almost globally, and this icon was used over vast time periods.

 This next find I suggest has a physical tooling usage, but also holds some common symbolic convention and iconography. As a tool it could be very effective at levering bark from a tree. Symbolically elephant head, with pigment eye feature, gorilla strut (head and arm)  and phallus, but from an angle not shown. Look out for the sauropod or plesiosaurs like depiction which is also present in the second photo.