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Bone Tools & Weapons
(Functional) Page 1
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This page contains
Native American Indian Tools and Weapons made from animal bones. It includes such items as
Harpoons, Bone Arrowheads, Wedges,
Awls, Pressure flaking tools, Sewing needles as well as other "functional" bone tools; For "Ornamental"
Bone, Shell and decorative Stone items, please see our Bone & Shell pages. |
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Type: Bone Pressure
Flaking Tool |
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| TGRBT1 |
A somewhat "stubby" animal
bone joint Pressure Flaking Tool |
Offered by the original finder |
40.00 |
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in excellent condition.
Surprisingly the working end isn't |
who recovered this one from
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"chewed-up" like most pressure flaking tools are. |
an ancient site in San Luis
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Obispo County, California |
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| MHBT1570 |
A nice assortment of
polished bone tools and ornamental pieces: |
All recovered from |
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PLEASE specify the item number AND the letter
designator when ordering |
an ancient site near
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San Jose, CA
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A - A nicely polished birdbone ornamental tube. Many
of these were hair
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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ornaments. - 45.00 |
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B - An unspecified polished bone tool, possibly used
for creating clothing
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items, quite an enigma - 40.00 |
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C - A highly polished bone Awl showing roughness to
the base where it was
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most likely press-fitted into some sort of wooden
handle - 45.00 |
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D - A very nice, highly polished bone Awl in just
perfect condition - 45.00 |
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| MHBT1571 |
A nice assortment of
polished bone tools and ornamental pieces: |
All recovered from the same |
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PLEASE specify the item number AND the letter
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ancient site in Marin Co., CA |
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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A - A nicely polished bone Awl showing "smoothed over"
ancient usage
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wear marks, but "all there" - 40.00 |
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B - A very long and slender polished bone Awl which
has a spider bite to
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it's working tip - 40.00 |
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C - A short (for type) bi-pointed polished bone Hair
Pin (most likely for an
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adolescent's use) in perfect condition - 40.00 |
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D - A very highly polished bone Awl having "smoothed
over" ancient usage
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wear marks, but "all there" - 40.00 |
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E - A nicely polished bone Awl having the natural bone
internal patterns on |
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one face. This one is "all there" - 30.00 |
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| MHBT1572 |
An EXTREMELY LARGE Whale
Tooth which was most |
Recovered from |
120.00 |
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likely fashioned for use
as a pressure flaking tool. It has slight |
an ancient site in
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usage wear marks to the tip and a fairly ragged base
where it |
Humboldt Bay, CA |
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was most likely mounted into a wooden handle. There is
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ancient loss of some surface layers along a single
edge,
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shown in photo 4. Quite an interesting and very scarce
item. |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHBT1573 |
A fairly long polished bone
Gouge which was recovered |
Recovered from |
120.00 |
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in 4 separate pieces,
fitted back together with a resin fill |
an ancient site in
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and shellacked over for preservation by it's finder |
Humboldt Bay, CA |
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHBT1574 |
A very scarce polished bone cooking
Spoon/Scoop. It's |
Recovered from |
110.00 |
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a bit on the ragged side
with a long vertical crack down |
an ancient site in
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it's center from aging. This one was shellacked over
for
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Humboldt Bay, CA |
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preservation by it's finder and is quite a unique
find. |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHBT1575 |
A set of 4 slightly damaged
polished bone Awls, 2 of which |
All recovered from |
35.00 |
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were recovered in 2 broken
pieces and glued back together |
an ancient site in
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(1 & 3) and one which is a broken Awl tip (#4) |
Humboldt Bay, CA |
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHBT1576 |
A nice medium-sized Elk
Antler Wedge which shows ancient |
Recovered from |
200.00 |
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usage wear at both ends,
but essentially "all there" as it was |
an ancient site in
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anciently used. A fairly scarce item which has a thin
layer of
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Humboldt Bay, CA |
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shellack to act as a preservative, applied by the
finder |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| VAPN1 |
An EXTREMELY RARE offering
of a gorgeous blue-gray flint |
Provenance for this rare offering is |
3900.00 |
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Knife blade in it's
original ancient bone handle. The bone handle |
unfortunately undocumented but judging |
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ON-HOLD
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has ancient surface chipping but is 98% "all there" as
it was used
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from the materials comprising this museum |
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in ancient times. The stone knife blade itself is
pristine, thoroughly |
piece, I would bet my bottom dollar that
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flaked on both faces with no damage. Quite a rare and
unique |
it's from the Pacific Northwest, most likely |
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museum quality specimen, who's equal we've never seen.
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Alaska. It has an interesting little story
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about how it (re-) arrived in the United
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States from a European collector |
dlpn |
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| VAPN3 |
A very unusual, seldom seen
for sale polished bone Net Gauge |
Provenance for this piece is unfortunately |
350.00 |
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having a triple-drilled
handle. I examined the "open hole" |
undocumented but judging from the material, I |
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microscopically and can't really tell if the third
(bottom) hole was
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would bet my bottom dollar that it's from the |
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left "open" intentionally, by design, or if this was
anciently nicked.
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Pacific Northwest, most likely Alaska. It has an
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I'm betting on it being anciently nicked, although the
rest of this
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interesting little story about how it (re-) arrived
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old tool is completely intact and in pristine
condition. |
in the United States from a European collector |
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| RPBT2 |
A very unusual carved,
beveled and polished animal |
Only documented as |
100.00 |
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bone Knife/Dagger blade in
very good condition, as |
being recovered in Kansas |
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it was made and used hundreds of years ago. |
Ex: Perino |
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| MMBT1 |
A nice bone "tool set"
which was recovered on a site |
Napa Co., CA |
85.00 |
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predominately having
Stockton dart points and tools. |
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This set includes a very nice "trigger" Pressure
flaking |
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tool (which is a very choice piece), a bone awl and a |
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slightly damaged double-holed bone bead. |
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| DABT710 |
A nice large and sturdy
drilled antler Digging |
Found on the
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175.00 |
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Stick handle in excellent
condition, although a |
Columbia River
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former owner applied a mixture of Acetone and
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in Oregon |
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Duco Cement to preserve it's structural integrity,
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a practice which even archaeologists use with
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most bone and shell artifacts. This is a very
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scarce item, seldom offered for sale anywhere.
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| DABT711 |
A very nice, fully intact
drilled and polished antler Digging |
Found on the |
300.00 |
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Stick Handle in excellent
condition, although a former |
Columbia River
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owner applied a mixture of Acetone and Duco Cement to |
in Oregon |
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preserve it's structural integrity, a practice which
even
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archaeologists use with most bone and shell artifacts.
This |
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is a very scarce item, seldom offered for sale
anywhere.
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| DABT712 |
A very broad, somewhat thin
(for type and purpose) |
Recovered on the
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75.00 |
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Whalebone wedge. It's a
tad bit ragged on the ends |
Coast in N. Oregon |
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from the battering it sustained while doing it's job
in
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ancient times, which is typical. It was treated with a
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mixture of Acetone and Duco Cement to preserve it's |
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structural integrity, a practice which even
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archaeologists use with most bone and shell artifacts. |
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| DABT720 |
A very slender,
medium-sized Whalebone Wedge in excellent |
Recovered on the |
100.00 |
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condition. The butt end is
not chewed-up like most wedges |
Coast in N. Oregon |
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are. It was treated with a mixture of Acetone and Duco
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Cement to preserve it's structural integrity, a
practice which
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even archaeologists use with most bone and shell
artifacts. |
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| MABT5 |
A nice study/filler lot of
7 slightly damaged to |
Recovered in Yolo Co., CA |
50.00 |
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broken shaped bone Sweat
Scrapers and Sweat |
Ex: Museum display items
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Scraper partials (used in ancient sweat lodges) |
(details to buyer) |
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| DIBT1 |
A most interesting animal
bone |
Found in Kansas |
210.00 |
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Flesher having very finely cut
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serrations to the working end
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| DABT697 |
A most interesting and
quite scarce |
Recovered on the
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250.00 |
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and unique incised bone
handle, most |
Columbia River near
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likely used with a knife blade. It's as
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the Dalles, OR |
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perfect as the day it was made! |
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| MHBT927 |
A unique animal scapula
bone Seed Head |
Recovered in |
85.00 |
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Thresher which is missing the very
end. |
N. San Jose, CA
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Quite a rare item which comes with full |
(Details to buyer)
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history. Attributed to the Costanoan tribe |
Ex: Pete Gallic |
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| DABT469 |
An interesting, somewhat
rectangular |
From the |
40.00 |
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shaped section of petrified bone
having |
Columbia River |
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17 tally marks along a single edge.
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in Oregon |
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Usage is unknown.
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MBBT70 |
A nice "trigger" bone awl |
Montezuma Co., CO |
50.00 |
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having an extremely sharp
tip |
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| MHBT961 |
A nice, completely |
Recovered from Gunther |
12.00 |
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intact bone awl |
Island in Humboldt Bay,
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CA by Dr. H.H. Stuart |
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| DFBT2 |
A set of 3 bone awls, 2 of
which |
Found on the
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15.00 |
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have a ragged, damaged end |
Columbia River |
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| MHBT1463 |
A fairly small (for type)
well used polished |
Found by L.L. Valdivia |
30.00 |
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bone Wedge having quite a
bit of chipping |
on a private ranch north
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from the pounding it took during it's use |
of San Jose, CA
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| MHBT1432 |
A nicely polished, well
formed bone Awl |
San Jose, CA |
SOLD |
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having age cracks leading
from the distal end |
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| MHBT1155 |
A stubby highly polished
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Found by L.L. Valdivia |
SOLD |
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aged animal bone awl which
has a |
in Santa Clara Co., CA
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section missing from one side |
(details to buyer) |
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHBT1156 |
A very aged, highly
polished animal |
Undocumented, |
SOLD |
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bone awl in perfect
condition |
California |
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHBT1157 |
A very aged, highly
polished animal |
Undocumented, |
SOLD |
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bone awl in perfect
condition |
California |
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| DFBT16 |
A nice set of 3 polished
bone |
Recovered on private property along
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45.00 |
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awls in excellent
condition! |
the Snake River in Washington |
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| DABT468 |
An old bone wedge in very |
From the |
20.00 |
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good shape, considering it's |
Columbia River, WA |
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strenuous task.
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CFBT4 |
A nice pair of very old |
Quay Co., NM |
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polished bone Awls |
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MBBT76 |
A medium-sized bone awl, |
Montezuma Co., CO |
30.00 |
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completely intact as it
was made |
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JFBT14 |
A very nice set of 2
average sized bone |
Recovered from
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40.00 |
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awls. The one on the right
side has a |
The Dalles, OR
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spider bite to the very tip and the one on
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the left has a bit of a ragged base, but for
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the most part these are well preserved.
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Ex: Milton Tuck |
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MBBT74 |
An unusual, somewhat sun
bleached |
Montezuma Co., CO |
SOLD |
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bone awl in perfect
condition |
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