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An EXTREMELY RARE and |
Found on Gunther Island
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6500.00 |
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seldom offered for sale,
HUGE |
in Humboldt Co., CA
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mahogany obsidian Wealth Blade |
by Dr. H.H. Stuart
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having great provenance. It has a
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recent nick to one edge, but
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Ex: Michael Hough
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other than that, it's "All There" |
Stermer COA |
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| MHBB227 |
Not just "A" big blade...
Weighing in at |
Recovered in |
9,500.00 |
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a WHOPPING 16-3/4" long by 4-1/8" |
Humboldt Co., CA |
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wide and just a tad over the 1/2" |
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thick mark... this monster is hands- |
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down THE big blade. An |
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EXTREMELY RARE black obsidian |
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Wealth Blade ! (This was the largest |
Ex: L.L. Valdivia |
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blade in Michael's big blade collection) |
Ex: M. Hough |
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| MHPA225 |
Rarer than Rare... A HUGE,
extremely thin
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Found near |
15,000.00 |
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for it's size (avg. 1/4") blue-gray dacite
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Denio, NV |
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(sometimes termed
"mouse obsidian") Paleo
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Cougar Mountain knife blade showing very
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thorough and detailed flaking. This one is "all
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there" and even though it lacks slightly in
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symmetry, it makes up for it with it's size.
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Truly a G10, museum grade and probably
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the only one of this rare type in existence in
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the entire world !
Published in Lar Hothem's |
Ex: Rhoades |
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Paleo-Indian
Artifacts, pg. 118, plate 8 |
Ex: M. Hough |
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| MHBB105 |
A very large dark gray |
Found by Gerry Wolff Sr.
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1,200.00 |
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dacite butchering blade |
in the Fort Rock Valley |
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mostly percussion flaked
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near Silver Lake, Oregon
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with selective secondary
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sometime between the
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flaking to different sections
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1920's and 1950's
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along the blade edges
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Ex: M. Hough |
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| MHBB163 |
A HUGE black obsidian
Northern |
Recovered from
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Side Notched blade having
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Crump Lake, Oregon |
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original percussion flake scars to
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both surfaces and showing a great |
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amount of secondary pressure
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flaking all around it's edges. A
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very meaty and well-used piece,
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Ex: Marie Dike
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10/21 ge |
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and quite scarce in this size
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Ex: M. Hough |
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| MHBB167 |
A semi-translucent white
and smoky |
Recovered by Dr. H.H. Stuart
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gray obsidian Wealth blade
showing |
of Eureka, CA during the |
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thorough percussion flaking to both
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1930's on Gunther Island in
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faces and secondary pressure
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Humboldt Bay, California (It has
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flaking along the edges. It has most
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Dr. Stuart's original "gold catalog |
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attractive diagonal banding as well
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number" of 241) |
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as "hump" or "hilly" banding from the |
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molten obsidian's flow pattern. An
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11/2 ge |
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exceptionally well made blade.
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Ex: M. Hough |
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| MHBB168 |
A very interesting and
exceptionally |
Found in
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1,600.00 |
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well worked opaque black
obsidian |
Harney Co., OR |
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Hafted Knife Blade showing
dizzying |
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secondary pressure flaking
over every |
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square millimeter of both
faces. (The |
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creator must have been
smokin' |
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somethin' and just really, really got into |
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the pressure flake work !) This one's in |
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excellent condition and has interesting
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Ex: Frank Kincaid
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caliche deposits on side B only
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Ex: M. Hough |
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| MHBB170 |
A very large and broad
semi-translucent, |
Found by Dr. H.H. Stuart of
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950.00 |
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vertically banded obsidian
Vandenberg |
Eureka, CA during the 1930's |
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Contracting Stem knife, well flaked but
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on Gunther Island in Humboldt
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having a lateral fracture running from the left |
Bay, California, and has Dr.
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edge of the tip, in photo1, down the edge
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Stuart's original "gold catalog
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of the blade for a length of 5/8". It has nice
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number" of 40C
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frosty patination to one face, and what
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appears to be an ancient concave clip to
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one side of the stem at the base, best seen
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in photo 3. Still a real monster of a blade |
Ex: M. Hough |
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| MHBB171 |
A HUGE beautiful black |
Recovered in Lake Co.,
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obsidian Cascade knife
blade |
Oregon by Dr. H.H.Stuart |
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well flaked and problem free
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Ex: L.L.Valdivia
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10/21 ge |
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Ex: M. Hough |
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| MHBB172 |
A HUGE beautiful black
obsidian |
Recovered in Lake Co.,
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1,200.00 |
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Cascade knife blade well
flaked |
Oregon by Dr. H.H.Stuart |
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with mostly percussion flaking in
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the center of each face, with very
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minute secondary pressure flaking |
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around all edges. It has great
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usage wear marks, but I can't tell
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if an ancient "nick" to the very tip
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of the base was intentional or not.
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Still a scarce item. |
Ex: M. Hough |
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| MHBB178 |
A very nice mottled
blue-gray glossy |
Recovered in
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650.00 |
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chert Archaic Triangular
Knife blade |
Humbolt Co., NV |
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having light brown veins on the base |
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and near the tip, mostly to one edge. |
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It has slight curvature from the host
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stone's original shape, and is just an
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outstanding, well used piece.
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Ex: M. Hough |
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| MHBB182 |
A gorgeous, very thin for |
Found in the Ralston Valley
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size off-white speckled |
near Tonopah in Nye Co, NV |
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chert Bi-pointed Cascade
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10/21 ge |
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knife blade expertly made
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Ex: M. Hough |
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| MHBB189 |
A very thin, very LARGE and |
Found by Mr. Davis in
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broad off-white, light
gray chert |
1936 on Gunther Island |
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bi-pointed Archaic knife blade
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in Humboldt Bay, California
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having thorough percussion flaking |
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to both faces and nice secondary
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10/17 rf |
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edgework. A scarce item |
Ex: M. Hough |
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| BB1 |
A MONSTER of a blade !!! A
super super |
From West-Central
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1,000.00 |
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nice and HUGE Edwards chert Refugio
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Texas
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knife blade. As per the Perino COA: "A |
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large knife form that has had one retouch |
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re-sharpening that barely reduced the size of |
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the blade". They don't come any better than |
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this one, folks ! |
Perino COA |
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| BB2 |
A LARGE and STUNNING
blue-gray |
Recovered from
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750.00 |
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Indiana Hornstone (Harrison County chert)
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Warrick County,
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Benjamin knife blade having a small section |
Indianna |
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of the original rind at the base and what |
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appears to be the original striking platform. |
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A real piece of artwork ! |
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| BB3 |
A HUGE and sturdy
off-white, tan and rust- |
Found in Jackson
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1,200.00 |
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red colored chert Paleo knife blade. It has
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County, Illinois
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small crystal inclusions and nice mineral |
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deposits with oblique percussion flaking |
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| BB4 |
A HUGE and very stunning
mottled blue |
Found in
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975.00
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Coshocton flint Paleo triangular knife blade Has
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Erie County, Ohio
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outstanding oblique transverse percussion flaking |
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patterns, and, unfortunately what appears to be a |
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slight section of
RECENT GRINDING on face A, |
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very close to the base (about 1/2" long by 1/8" |
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high... don't ask me why, it doesn't make any sort |
Perino COA
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of sense) Still, with this short-coming, this monster |
Flint Ridge Flint, which I |
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displays VERY well as a center-piece |
don't believe is accurate) |
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| BB5 |
A VERY LARGE attractive and
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Found in Kentucky
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500.00 |
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intact (as made)
Indian-red, blue and gray
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North Blade in its Primary Preform stage
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from the Middle Woodland Hopewell
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Culture (350 AD to 2100 BC) Featured on
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our Museum page under the topic "Blanks"
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Stermer
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| BB6 |
A HUGE gray and blue flint
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Unknown
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475.00 |
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Trade Blank (See our museum page for
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Mid-Western State |
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an explanation of these) Has a V-shaped |
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ding to one edge
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Rogers
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| BB7 |
A HUGE red coastal plain
chert over-sized |
Recovered from the
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175.00 |
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chopper/hand-axe showing heavy tannic acid
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Santa Fe River in |
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staining on one side, still has moss attached
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Florida by scuba divers |
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from being under water for hundreds of years,
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and has a pit at dead-center of side B, which
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doesn't penetrate all the way through the blade,
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a creek pebble is lodged in the hole, and held in |
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place by moss. A REAL Monster piece !
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(Featured on our Museum page under the topic |
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"A Whopper Chopper")
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