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Indian arrowheads and other Artifacts from the Columbia River
Artifacts from the Columbia River areas have long been known to be made of some
of the absolute best and most colorful material to be found anywhere in the world !

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TNPCR1 A very delicate, attractive and quite scarce Recovered on the 450.00
white and brown agate Klickitat arrowhead.  Columbia River, most
The diamond base has an asymmetrical form likely in Washington
and the tip of one tang was anciently nicked
off. Still quite a nice specimen.

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DFCR40 A reasonably large (for type) very light gray chert  Recovered on the Columbia River  195.00
Quilomene Bar dart point made by an intermediate near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
knapper. It has a nick to the tip of one barb and a
slight nick to the tip. Still quite an attractive piece

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DFCR41 A nice semi-translucent white agate Recovered on the Columbia River  40.00
Eastgate Arrowhead which is near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
somewhat asymmetrical but "all there"

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DFCR42 A mottled white and gray agate- Recovered on the Columbia River  35.00
chert Merrybell Arrowhead well near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
flaked on both faces

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DFCR44 A tan and green chert Quilomene Bar Arrowhead Recovered on the Columbia River  40.00
which is "all there". It has a shellac coating which near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
was a common practice for collectors from the
1940's through the 1960's, and which can be safely
removed by a short soaking in acetone.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR45 A mottled pink and off-white chert Eastgate Split- Recovered on the Columbia River  24.00
stem arrowhead which is missing the tip of one of near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
it's barbs. Flaking patterns are thorough on both
faces, executed by an advanced knapper.

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DFCR46 A somewhat crudely made, semi-translucent petrified  Recovered on the Columbia River  40.00
wood Quilomene Bar Arrowhead. It has flat sections near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
on both faces, on side A from the original flake's
surface and on side B from the percussion flaking
stage. An interesting example of the "fast & dirty"
technology on a very difficult to work host stone.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR47 A mottled orange and brown chert Rose Spring Recovered on the Columbia River  30.00
Corner notched Arrowhead, well flaked on both near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
faces and with the exception of a tick bite to the
tip, it's "all there". It has a shellac coating which
was a common practice for collectors from the
1940's through the 1960's, and which can be
safely removed by a short soaking in acetone.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR48 A very attractive and delicate semi-translucent white Recovered on the Columbia River  SOLD
  and rose colored agate Eastgate Split-stem arrowhead.  near Vantage, WA during the 1960's  
It's well flaked on both faces by an extremely advanced
knapper but it's missing about 1/2 of a single barb 8/19

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DFCR49 A fairly worked down mottled brown, gray and  Recovered on the Columbia River  65.00
red petrified wood Columbia Mule Ear knife blade. near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
It's well flaked on both faces in a material which
fought the knapping efforts at every turn. It has a
slightly flat section (15%) on side B, to the right of
the centerline from the original host stone's rind.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR50 A semi-tranlucent light gray chalcedony Eastgate Split-stem Recovered on the Columbia River  SOLD
arrowhead which is essentially "all there" as it was made. It near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
has a shellac coating which was a common practice for
collectors from the 1940's through the 1960's, and which
can be safely removed by a short soaking in acetone. 8/17

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DFCR51 A quite attractive semi-translucent honey-colored and brown Recovered on the Columbia River  SOLD
agate Rose Springs Corner-notched Arrowhead. It's well near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
flaked on both faces but has a single small pit just above the 
hafting line to the right side of side A, where a crystal inclusion
weathered away over time. The base has an ancient nick to
one corner and it has a shellac coating which was a common 
practice for collectors from the 1940's through the 1960's, and
which can be safely removed by a short soaking in acetone. 8/17

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR52 A very nice and delicate mottled pink, off-white and Recovered on the Columbia River  30.00
burgundy chert Desert General arrowhead. It's well  near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
formed and "all there" as it was made. It has a shellac
coating which was a common practice for collectors
from the 1940's through the 1960's, and which can
be safely removed by a short soaking in acetone.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR53 A mottled red and brown chert Merrybell  Recovered on the Columbia River  SOLD
Arrowhead well flaked on both faces but missing near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
a corner of the bulb-base. It also has a lateral
fracture on the outer edge of one barb. (right
barb in photo 2) It has a shellac coating which
was a common practice for collectors from the
1940's through the 1960's, and which can be
safely removed by a short soaking in acetone. 8/17

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DFCR54 A somewhat flat mottled brownish- Recovered on the Columbia River  SOLD
gray petrified wood Rose Springs  near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
Corner-notched arrowhead. Flaking
patterns are rough, which is typical
on petrified wood artifacts. 8/17

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DFCR55 An interesting mottled mahogany and green chert Recovered on the Columbia River  SOLD
Eastgate Arrowhead. It has a flea bite to the tip near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
and a nick to one side of the stem, but is still in 
pretty good shape. It has a shellac coating which
was a common practice for collectors from the
1940's through the 1960's, and which can be
safely removed by a short soaking in acetone. 8/15

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR56 A pretty lavender chert Quilomene Bar Recovered on the Columbia River  45.00
Arrowhead which is well formed and delicate. near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
This one could use a short acetone bath to
remove the mounting material stuck to side B.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR57 A semi-translucent rootbeer brown agate Desert  Recovered on the Columbia River  SOLD
General Arrowhead. Just as perfect as the day it near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
was made. It has a shellac coating which was a 
common practice for collectors from the 1940's
through the 1960's, and which can be safely
removed by a short soaking in acetone. 8/17

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR58 A nice dark purple chert Rose Springs Recovered on the Columbia River  SOLD
Stemmed arrowhead. It's well flaked on near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
both faces by an advanced knapper. It
has an ancient nick to one corner of the
base and a flea bite to the tip of one barb,
but is otherwise "all there" and well made. 8/17

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR59 A very sturdy olive green and dark gray Recovered on the Columbia River  SOLD
chert Gatecliff Arrowhead well flaked on near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
both faces and having a median ridge on
both sides. It's "all there" as it was made. 8/17

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DFCR60 A semi-translucent obsidian Eastgate arrowhead Recovered on the Columbia River  30.00
made on a flake and retaining a slight curvature  near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
from the original flake's form. It also retains a 30%
flat area on side B extending from the base to the 
center area above the hafting line. (Photo 6) It has a
nick to one corner of the base. (left side in photo 2)

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR1347 A very sweet brown burgundy agate Eastgate dart  Recovered on the 140.00
point which has a translucent tip. Flaking is well done Columbia River in
on both faces by a very experienced knapper. Oregon
Unfortunately this one has a horizontal break just
above the hafting area (red arrows and photo 7) 
where it was glued back together, almost seamlessly.

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MHCR1349 A light brown and red jasper One-que Found by Les Packer, 50.00
arrowhead which has an irregular base most likely on the
and a spider bite to the tip. Columbia River in Oregon

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MHCR1350 A beautiful semi-translucent green agate Rose  Undocumented, most likely 275.00
Springs Corner notched arrowhead which is very from the Columbia River in
well flaked on both faces. Only it's slight lack of Oregon
symmetry kept this one from the gempoints page

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MHCR1352 A black basalt Klickitat arrowhead, well formed and well Found in Oregon. 55.00
flaked on both faces, but having more than it's share of
pockmarks. (1 on side A just above the hafting line, and
2 on side B at the tip and at the mid-line.) The surface of
the diamond base was sheared off in ancient times.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR1353 An interesting burgundy chert Columbia Plateau Recovered in 120.00
arrowhead which lost one tang long ago, and Washington Co., OR
which didn't take it out of commission. It's well  by Les Packer
flaked on both faces by a very advanced knapper.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
CR240 A mottled green agate Cascade Recovered on the SOLD
dart point, well flaked on both Columbia River, WA
faces in a random pattern. Ex: Favell museum 7/3

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
CR241 A deep red agate Cascade dart point very  Found on the Lower SOLD
well flaked on both faces in a random pattern. Columbia River in Oregon
It has chalky, granular caliche deposits to the
base on one face. An interesting piece 7/4

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JFCR85 A good set of 4 "Phoenix Era" metal Recovered from 60.00
buttons having blank faces, some  The Dalles, OR
slightly corroded but completely intact Ex: Charles Hall

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JFCR86 A good set of 4 "Phoenix Era" Recovered from 60.00
metal buttons having blank faces. The Dalles, OR
One has a broken loop (photo 5)
but the others are completely intact Ex: Charles Hall

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JFCR87 A good set of 4 "Phoenix Era" metal Recovered from 60.00
buttons having blank faces, some The Dalles, OR
slightly corroded but completely intact Ex: Charles Hall

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JFCR88 A miniature gray dacite Humboldt Dart  Recovered from 25.00
point showing crude flaking patterns to The Dalles, OR
both faces by a novice knapper Ex: Charles Hall

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JFCR89 A mottled gray, brown and black Recovered from 175.00
petrified wood Cascade Blade form, The Dalles, OR
quite thin and very well flaked on both
faces. Quite an attractive piece Ex: Charles Hall

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JFCR90 An interesting red jasper Rabbit Island Dart point Recovered from 30.00
which was anciently worked down quite a bit The Dalles, OR
Ex: Charles Hall

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JFCR91 A nice pair of pierced/drilled thin copper Recovered from 125.00
pendants from the post-contact era. The Dalles, OR
These are quite rare! Ex: Charles Hall

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JFCR92 A very unusual and very scarce post contact Recovered from 140.00
iron arrowhead. Not to be confused with the The Dalles, OR
iron "Trade Points" which were created in 
Europe, this one is "Indian-made", most likely
from part of a European rifle Ex: Charles Hall

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JFCR93 A pretty nice burgundy chert Rose Recovered from 30.00
Springs Stemmed Arrowhead showing  The Dalles, OR
mostly cursory flaking around the edges
of side B, side A is more thoroughly
flaked, although in a "rushed" fashion Ex: Charles Hall

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JFCR94 A nice light mottled brown chert Recovered from 30.00
Rose Springs Stemmed arrowhead The Dalles, OR
which has a snapped base Ex: Charles Hall

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JFCR95 A very thin, well formed pink chert Rabbit Island  Recovered from 30.00
Dart form, fairly well flaked on both faces, although The Dalles, OR
the flaking on side B appears to be "rushed" Ex: Charles Hall

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JFCR96 A semi-translucent yellow and orange Recovered from 50.00
agate Rabbit Island Dart point, well The Dalles, OR
flaked on side A and having nice edge
serrations. Side B is a different story,
where it retains about 30% of the original
host stone's cortex right in the center Ex: Charles Hall

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DFCR39 A nice light gray, tan and burgundy chert Unclassified  Unfortunately undocumented, 250.00
Triangular dart point having a purplish hue, mostly on side although it came as part of a
B and having a single narrow flute to side A. It appears larger Columbia River case
to have lost the base/stem in ancient times and the edge
of the base was re-worked to put it back into service

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DFCR33 A medium-sized semi-translucent white, light gray, light Recovered near the 125.00
brown and red agate Atlatl Valley Triangular knife Okanogan River, WA
form, well flaked on side B with micro flaking to one 
edge. Side A has a flat section remaining from the
original hoststone covering the entire right cutting edge 
of side B, shown in photo 5. It also has an ancient nick
to the base (photo 7) caused by an overly aggressive
pressure flaking attempt, but is still an attractive piece

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DFCR34 A very unusual semi-translucent honey-colored Recovered in 125.00
agate Rose Springs Side-notched dart point having Kittitas Co.,  WA
cursory flaking patterns made by an amateur
knapper. At first I thought that the white speckled
areas were caliche deposits, but through a 
microscopic examination these proved to actually be
different colored section in the agate hoststone itself

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
PGCR1 A fairly large for type semi-translucent honey colored Recovered on the 300.00
agate Eastgate dart point, made on a flake and retaining Columbia River
30% of the original flake's surface on the tip of side B, (No further information)
where it is only pressure flaked around the edges. Side A
has a horizontal section above the hafting area where 
crystal and weaker chert inclusions have weathered away. Ex: John Hayden

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
PGCR4 A mottled brown and white agate Rose Springs Recovered on the 30.00
Stemmed arrowhead made on a flake and well   Columbia River
flaked on side A but retaining 85% of the original (No further information)
flake's flat surface on side B. It has a flea bite to
the very tip, but is still quite attractive Ex: John Hayden

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PGCR6 A very asymmetrical tan and light brown jasper  Recovered on the 30.00
Rose Springs Stemmed arrowhead made on a flake Columbia River
and retaining 40% of the original flake's surface on (No further information)
side B. Side A is well flaked. This one is paper-thin. Ex: John Hayden

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PGCR9 A bluish-gray dacite Rose Springs stemmed Recovered on the 20.00
birdpoint which has rough flaking patterns, Columbia River
understandable for an artifact this small (No further information)
Ex: John Hayden

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