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Bone, Shell and
(Ornamental) Stone Page 1 Page 2
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This page contains
Native American Indian "decorative" and ornamental relics made from bone, shell
and stone materials. This includes bannerstones as well as gorgets and stone
effigy items. |
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Please Note: For more
bone and shell items which were specifically used as necklaces, please see our
"Indian beads" page. For bone items used
as weapons, such as Harpoons, bone arrowheads as well as bone tool items, such
as Wedges, Awls and Pressure flaking tools, please see our
Bone Tools pages. |
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Also CALIFORNIA
CHARMSTONES HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THE NEW CHARMSTONE PAGES |
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Type: Fired Clay Idol/Effigy |
Provenance: |
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| TSCBO4 |
A very unusual and VERY
rare, nicely hand-shaped Anasazi fired clay anthropomorphic |
Recovered on a |
3,500.00 |
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Idol/Human female effigy figure
dating between 900 A.D. to 1050 A.D. This rare item |
private ranch near |
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measures 5" high x 2-1/2" wide and is actually a very dark chocolate brown/charcoal
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Chaco Canyon, Arizona |
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black in color, although I greatly lightened up the photos to show it's detail.
This is a one- |
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of-a-kind museum piece folks, the likes of which I've
never seen offered for sale in this size |
Stermer COA |
dlanpo |
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Type: Anasazi Shell Cross |
Provenance: |
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| TSCBO1 |
A highly unusual, and quite
rare nicely
formed Anasazi shell |
Recovered on a |
250.00 |
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cross having some layer
chipping, but not in bad shape for |
private ranch near |
12/27
ON-HOLD
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the age, approximately 1050 A.D. |
Chaco Canyon, Arizona |
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Type: Shell Gorget |
Provenance: |
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| LSBO44 |
A very rare and seldom
offered for sale medium-sized double- |
Recovered from Casas |
135.00 |
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drilled shell gorget. This
one is a very attractive piece and with |
Grandes, AZ by the
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the exception of a small section chipped on one edge
(lower left
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Archaeologist Bob
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side in photo 3) is in excellent condition. This one
would make a |
Kelly during the 1970's |
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great addition to offset and add interest to a "frame
of points". |
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Type: Shell Gorget |
Provenance: |
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| LSBO45 |
A very rare and seldom
offered for sale small-sized double- |
Recovered from Casas |
135.00 |
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drilled shell gorget. This
one is a very attractive piece and with |
Grandes, AZ by the
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the exception of a small section chipped on one edge
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Archaeologist Bob
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side in photo 1) is in excellent condition. This one
would make a |
Kelly during the 1970's |
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great addition to offset and add interest to a "frame
of points". |
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| Item: |
Type: Shell Bracelet |
Provenance: |
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| LSBO46 |
A nice, interesting worked
clamshell bracelet in excellent |
Recovered from Casas |
75.00 |
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condition. Items like this
are quite scarce and seldom seen for |
Grandes, AZ by the
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sale as they are quite delicate and few survived the
ages of time. |
Archaeologist Bob
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Kelly during the 1970's |
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| Item: |
Type: Shell Bracelet |
Provenance: |
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| LSBO47 |
A nice, interesting worked
clamshell bracelet in excellent |
Recovered from Casas |
75.00 |
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condition. Items like this
are quite scarce and seldom seen for |
Grandes, AZ by the
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sale as they are quite delicate and few survived the
ages of time. |
Archaeologist Bob
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Kelly during the 1970's |
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| Item: |
Type: Shell Bracelet |
Provenance: |
Price |
| LSBO48 |
A nice, interesting worked
clamshell bracelet in excellent |
Recovered from Casas |
75.00 |
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condition. Items like this
are quite scarce and seldom seen for |
Grandes, AZ by the
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sale as they are quite delicate and few survived the
ages of time. |
Archaeologist Bob
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Kelly during the 1970's |
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| Item: |
Type: Shell Bracelet |
Provenance: |
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| LSBO49 |
A nice, interesting worked
clamshell bracelet in excellent |
Recovered from Casas |
85.00 |
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condition. Items like this
are quite scarce and seldom seen for |
Grandes, AZ by the
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sale as they are quite delicate and few survived the
ages of time. |
Archaeologist Bob
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Kelly during the 1970's |
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| Item: |
Type: Campeloma shell
bead |
Provenance: |
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| RPBO14 |
A very old and somewhat
rustic looking large pierced campeloma shell |
Recovered from the |
75.00 |
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bead. This one is from the
collection of the late Gregory Perino and |
Hacker South mound 2
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appear to be the same one pictured in the book "Illinois Hopewell and
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in Jersey Co., Illinois |
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late Woodland mounds, the excavations of
Gregory Perino 1950-1975",
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page 631 figure A. It comes with Mr. Perino's
original artifact field
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storage envelope which even lists the
excavation quadrant information |
Ex: Greg Perino |
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| Item: |
Type: Ear Spool |
Provenance: |
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| MABO22 |
A scarce, slightly
undersized (adolescent?) light gray & tan Ear |
Recovered from |
375.00 |
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Spool having slight
ancient edge nicking and showing score |
Yolo Co., CA |
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marks from it's original manufacture & polishing
stage. |
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| Item: |
Type: Mayan Drilled
Stone Pendants |
Provenance: |
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| MABO20 |
A nice group of ancient
Mayan drilled stone pendants, offered |
Recovered from |
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as singles. Please specify
the item number AND Letter when |
Quintana Roo, Mexico
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ordering |
A: 18.00 |
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B: 20.00 |
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C: 18.00 |
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D: 18.00 |
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E: 18.00 |
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F: 20.00 |
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G: 20.00 |
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H: 20.00 |
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I: 18.00 |
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J: 20.00 |
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| Item: |
Type: Mayan Drilled
Stone Pendants |
Provenance: |
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| MABO21 |
A nice group of ancient
Mayan drilled stone pendants, offered |
Recovered from |
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as singles. Please specify
the item number AND Letter when |
Quintana Roo, Mexico
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ordering |
A: 25.00 |
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B: 25.00 |
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C: 22.00 |
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D: 22.00 |
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E: 18.00 |
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F: 24.00 |
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G: 20.00 |
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H: 20.00 |
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I: 18.00 |
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J: 18.00 |
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K: 20.00 |
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L: 20.00 |
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M: 18.00 |
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N: 18.00 |
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O: 20.00 |
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| Item: |
Type: Shell Bracelet |
Provenance: |
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| LSBO50 |
A nice, interesting worked
clamshell bracelet in excellent |
Recovered from Casas |
85.00 |
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condition. Items like this
are quite scarce and seldom seen for |
Grandes, AZ by the
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sale as they are quite delicate and few survived the
ages of time. |
Archaeologist Bob
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Kelly during the 1970's |
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| Item: |
Type: Shell Ladle |
Provenance: |
Price |
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A fairly simplistic, formed
Anasazi clamshell Ladle in |
Recovered on a |
75.00 |
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good condition. Dates to
approximately 1050 A.D. |
private ranch near |
12/27
ON-HOLD
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Chaco Canyon, Arizona |
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Type: |
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| RPBO13 |
A very nice and quite
varied group of 12 drilled stone and shell |
All recovered from various |
300.00 |
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pendants and beads with
one adolescent's ear spool, which is |
unspecified ancient sites in
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quite a rarity in itself. |
New Mexico |
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Ex: Greg Perino |
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A HIGHLY unusual, rare and
unique diamond-pattern inscribed |
Recovered from |
475.00 |
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Drilled Charmstone showing
traces of suspension lines leading |
Central California |
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from the drilled suspension hole. Inscribed or etched
stone
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material from this region is very rare.
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Jackson COA |
dlcs |
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A simply OUTSTANDING and
quite rare |
Found in
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5500.00 |
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museum grade conch shell mask gorget.
This |
Miller Co., GA |
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one is HUGE, beautiful and an extremely rare |
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offering. It dates to the Mississippian period
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approximately 700 B.P.
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Jackson COA |
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Type: |
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| MHBO1526 |
A very attractive, highly
polished black steatite ring |
Only documented as being recovered |
185.00 |
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(pendant?) which is
slightly asymmetrical with a small |
from the Columbia River in the Pacific
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section which was chipped, probably during it's
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Northwest (Washington is assumed) |
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manufacture as this section is polished over as well.
Dated |
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to 1200-1500 A.D., it is published in Lar Hothem's
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Ornamental Indian Artifacts, page 224, plate 2, number 4 |
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A nice gray stone Sea Lion
Effigy from |
Reported from the mouth of
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1400.00 |
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the Yurok tribe, most
likely from the |
the Klamath River, N. CA |
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historic period (Est. mid to late 1800's) |
Ex: Dr. Allen Heflin Collection |
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A quite rare "Beaver
tail" pattern incised creek rock. |
Benton Co., WA |
250.00 |
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These were normally used
as pendants, but this one is larger |
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than most pendants I have seen and it's lacking a
suspension |
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hole, possibly because it might not have been
finished. It has
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ancient chipping around the edges and at the base, but
is still
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quite a fascinating item seldom offered for sale.
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dlcr75 |
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Type: |
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An interesting lot of 4
reed sections, some of which |
Recovered in a cave on
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120.00 |
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were fire-treated and
which were all intended for use |
private property in Oregon |
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to join sections of a compound arrow. Quite a rare
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and unique group. These would make an excellent
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Ex: Dickson |
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addition to any perishables collection. |
Ex: Perino |
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| RPBO2 |
An interesting and very
aged animal bone Pendant |
Recovered on the
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100.00 |
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having a single drilled
hole for suspension. This one |
Canadian River in
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was most likely used as an Awl, and was suspended
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Haskell, OK |
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on a necklace for easy access. Quite a unique piece. |
Ex: Richardson |
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Ex: Perino |
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| RPBO3 |
A well worked dark
greenish-gray stone, classified as a |
Recovered from
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60.00 |
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"Boatstone" by Greg Perino.
It shows nice grinding and |
the Arkansas River,
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polishing all around it's periphery as well as on side
B.
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Vian Bottoms, OK |
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Side A also has ancient polishing but retains an
abundance |
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of pitted marks from the host stone's original
surface.
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Ex: Perino |
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| DABO763 |
An EXTREMELY RARE
intricately bi-facially |
Found on the
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650.00 |
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incised polished steatite
drilled pendant. Definitely |
Columbia River near
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1/8
ON-HOLD
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a one-of-a-kind offering with intricate incised
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The Dalles, OR |
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patterns on both faces as well as on 2 edges. Sure |
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wish I could read the meaning of these patterns,
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they certainly weren't just arbitrary "doodlings". |
Stermer COA |
dldacr763 |
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| DIBO2 |
YIKES!... An absolutely
GORGEOUS Museum-quality |
Only documented as
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2,600.00 |
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green and black circular
banded glacial slate Expanded |
being from Ohio
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Center Gorget. It's highly polished all the way around
and
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is the best example we have seen of this scarce type.
Tom |
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Davis gives this one a well deserved G10 grade.
Gorgets
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of this caliper are seldom seen for sale anywhere. |
Davis
COA (G10) |
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| TABBO1 |
An EXTREMELY RARE
one of a kind |
Offered for sale by the original finder
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3800.00 |
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highly polished
green, burgundy and |
who recovered this beauty on his own |
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brown serpentine Rabbit Effigy
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property near Grass Valley, California
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recovered in Maidu-Miwok territory,
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(more details to buyer) |
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dating at least 2000 to 3000 years old |
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| GBBO11 |
An amazing and EXTREMELY
RARE steatite |
Recovered in
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7500.00 |
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Sun staff disk. This one has drilled circles and
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Santa Barbara Co., CA |
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scored lines for attaching decorative shell materials,
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which have decayed and disappeared with the ages,
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leaving their impressions in asphaltum surrounding the
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large center hole as well as in the drilled holes. It
has |
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asphaltum remains surrounding the large center hole,
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both on the top as well as the bottom, where it was |
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attached to a staff, It was recovered in 3 broken
pieces
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and glued back together. The Native name for this item
is
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'oqsposinas' or 'miwalaqs'. (Thanks for the info
Devlin!) |
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(Similar examples are published in Hudson &
Blackburn's |
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"Material Culture of the Chumash Interaction Sphere", |
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Pages 235 to 239) |
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| MHBO1449 |
A deep burgundy-brown
steatite |
Recovered in |
300.00 |
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Ear spool having a single
slight nick |
Contra Costa Co., CA |
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to one rim. (Left side of photo 3) |
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| MHBO1450 |
A beautiful black hematite
Ear spool having |
Recovered in |
650.00 |
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a single decorative
abalone shell disc |
Contra Costa Co., CA |
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mounted on one face. A very scarce item. |
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| MHBO1451 |
A very large mottled green
and black |
Recovered in |
750.00 |
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steatite Ear spool having
a highly polished |
Contra Costa Co., CA |
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face. A very rare item in excellent condition. |
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A very interesting and very
rare conch shell mask |
Found in
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3000.00 |
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gorget. This one is HUGE
and an extremely rare |
Miller Co., GA |
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offering. It dates to the Mississippian period
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approximately 700 B.P. It's not as perfect as it's |
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sister, SGBO1 above and it has a bit of a ragged |
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tail end with some nicks to the outer layers around |
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it's edges and on it's surface, which is reflected in |
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it's price. Still a very unique and rare offering |
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