A unique, threefold gift

Mike Cook, a "flintknapper" from Portland, Michigan, who creates arrowheads for jewelry and hunting, crafted three arrowheads to present as a gift to Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger after seeing an arrowhead represented on the archbishop's coat of arms. In heraldry, an arrowhead pointed downward is a sign of peace. Cook created the three arrowheads to represent three stops in the archbishop's ministry: the arrowhead on the left is crafted from Banded Norwood Chert (from Michigan); the arrowhead in the middle is made of Petrified Wood (from Arizona); and the arrowhead on the right is created from Keokuk Chert (from Oklahoma).