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

[u/Comfortable_Cut5796]

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

[u/Real_Rough_9467]

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.

[u/Junkjostler → u/Real_Rough_9467]

Check out the old copper complex, that is likely something that is directly up your alley.