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California Charmstones Page
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This page contains
Ancient Native American Indian Charmstones from California, for Desert
Charmstones, Crystals and Charmstones from other states please see our Bone &
Shell pages (which includes Ornamental Stone items, such as stone beads and
pendants.) |
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Type: Stemmed
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| JFCS3 |
A very well worked gray
hardstone stemmed Charmstone in excellent |
Recovered from |
275.00 |
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condition. These pieces
are becoming more rare as time goes on. |
Tulare Lake,
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Kings County, CA |
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Ex: Richard Hanning Collection |
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Type: Rare Drilled
Charmstone |
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| JFCS4 |
An outstanding "fat boy"
drilled green hardstone Charmstone. All |
Recovered from |
275.00 |
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charmstones are quite
rare, but the drilled (also referred to as "pierced" in |
Tulare Lake,
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some publications) type are even more so, and are
believed to pre-date their |
Kings County, CA
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stemmed cousins by hundreds of years. This one is
intact, but it has plow |
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marks on it's surface and both ends are somewhat
pitted. Still a great piece!
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Stermer COA |
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| MHCS1583 |
A brown and gray hardstone
scored Charmstone which shows all |
Recovered in |
150.00 |
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indications of having been
in some sort of fire. The surfaces have |
Contra Costa Co., CA
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surface cracks as shown in photos 5 through 9, and it
has serious
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fire popping around the notched suspension end. It has
a slight
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circular flat spot along it's waistline, shown in the
center of photo 1. |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHCS1588 |
A stubby gray hardstone
stemmed Charmstone which retains many pecking
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Recovered in |
275.00 |
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marks on it's surface from
it's manufacture and with an interesting "roughed |
Santa Clara Co., CA |
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out" ring around it's stem to facilitate suspension.
Published in Lar Hothem's |
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Ornamental Indian Artifacts, page 149,
plate 3, row 1, number 7. |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHCS1592 |
A lavender-gray volcanic
rock Charmstone |
Undocumented, most likely |
165.00 |
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planform which is lacking
in notches or drilling |
Northern California |
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to make it complete. Excellent condition. |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHCS1595 |
A VERY chopped-up green
hardstone drilled and notched |
Recovered in |
85.00 |
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ball-shaped Charmstone
which is still miraculously intact. |
Santa Clara Co., CA |
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| JFBO18 |
A HIGHLY unusual, rare and
unique diamond-pattern inscribed |
Recovered from |
395.00 |
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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
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material from this region is very rare.
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Jackson COA |
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| MHCS1455 |
A mottled green steatite
pierced Charmstone |
Found by L.L. Valdivia in |
175.00 |
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anciently missing a
section of the surface above the |
Santa Barbara Co., CA |
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suspension hole (photo5) and having a quite scuffed
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up surface from close brushes with farming machinery |
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| ACCS1 |
A nice, fairly broad
drilled gray Charm |
Recovered on private farmland near
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225.00 |
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stone which has some
slight surface pitting |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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but appears to be intact as it was made |
1950's through 1960's
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Attributed to the Yokuts Tribe. |
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACCS19 |
A highly interesting green
steatite drilled and |
Recovered on private farmland near
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350.00 |
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scored Charmstone. This
one has many many old |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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surface scratches, most of which are probably
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1950's through 1960's
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remnants from the manufacturing process |
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACCS20 |
A nice mottled
greenish-brown hardstone |
Recovered on private farmland near
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225.00 |
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stemmed Charmstone which
is in very good |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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condition considering the farming environment
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1950's through 1960's
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where is was found |
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACCS23 |
A mottled off-white and
light gray vertically |
Recovered on private farmland near
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175.00 |
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banded (layered) stemmed Charmstone.
It has |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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slight surface scratching and a few small, shallow |
1950's through 1960's
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pit marks but is overall in very good condition |
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACCS27 |
A green and black hardstone |
Recovered on private farmland near
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300.00 |
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stemmed Charmstone in |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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excellent condition |
1950's through 1960's
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACCS29 |
A very attractive green and
black granite |
Recovered on private farmland near
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225.00 |
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knobbed Charmstone which
has a bit of a flat |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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area on one side (right side in photo 2) and has
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1950's through 1960's
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a few slight, shallow surface nicks. (Left side |
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of photo 1) |
Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACCS31 |
A fair-sized, quartzite
drilled |
Recovered on private farmland near
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120.00 |
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charmstone showing slight
surface |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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chipping from farming equipment |
1950's through 1960's
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| ACCS32 |
A very nice polished and
grooved |
Recovered on private farmland near
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225.00 |
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granite charmstone in
excellent condition, |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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somewhat under-sized for type |
1950's through 1960's
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| GBCS8 |
A blue-gray schist drilled |
Recovered in
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450.00 |
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Charmstone having a rustic |
Sonoma Co., CA |
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surface. The base is a little bit
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chipped (Photo 9) and it has a
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suspension groove on the end
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with the hole (Photos 7 & 8)
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