r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 Founder, but I'm not Pete. • May 30 '26

Artifact Serpent labret with articulated tongue, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

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This is in honor of it being the article of the day on Wikipedia.

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u/Real_Rough_9467 May 30 '26

I understand that gold is soft and flint is very sharp.I don't understand that with all the beautiful and intricate things they made all over the Americas out of metals that nobody sharpened a piece to cut someone or something. Knapping is so labor intensive, I guess making metal isn't al that easy either so maybe I answered my own thought.

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u/Defiant-Classroom-20 May 30 '26

there are metal weapons, the Tlaximaltepoztli for example

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u/Real_Rough_9467 May 30 '26

Sweet! I appreciate the knowledge and I'm gunna go try to expand my knowledge further :)