Ancient Native American Indian Artifacts, Relics and Arrowheads

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Indian arrowheads and other Artifacts from the Columbia River in Washington and Oregon.

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 !

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR42	A mottled white and gray agate-	Recovered on the Columbia River	20.00
	chert Merrybell Arrowhead well	near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
	flaked on both faces

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR49	A fairly worked down mottled brown, gray and	Recovered on the Columbia River	35.00
	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
MHCR1349	A light brown and red jasper One-que	Found by Les Packer,	18.00
	arrowhead which has an irregular base	most likely on the
	and a spider bite to the tip.	Columbia River in Oregon

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MHCR1350	A beautiful semi-translucent green agate Rose	Undocumented, most likely	130.00
	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

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MHCR1353	An interesting burgundy chert Columbia Plateau	Recovered in	30.00
	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
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

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
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

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
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

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
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

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JFCR94	A nice light mottled brown chert	Recovered from	SOLD
	Rose Springs Stemmed arrowhead	The Dalles, OR	12/11
	which has a snapped base	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

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR39	A nice light gray, tan and burgundy chert Unclassified	Unfortunately undocumented,	100.00
	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

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR33	A medium-sized semi-translucent white, light gray, light	Recovered near the	75.00
	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

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR38	A white and light gray agate Rabbit Island arrowhead	Found near	18.00
	well flaked on both faces to a median ridge and	Priest Rapids, WA
	having a slight, 10% flat in the center of side B just
	above the base. It has a nibble from the tip

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR2	A nice sized, very sturdy semi-translucent white	Recovered on the	65.00
	and brown agate Cascade knife blade made on	Columbia River in
	a large flake and retaining the flakes percussion	Washington
	bulb on the stem of side B. Side B is sparsely
	flaked around the edges, while side A is more
	thoroughly flaked, mostly around the edges and
	side A has a stack right in the center of the blade

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MHCR1285	A sturdy almost translucent opalescent moonstone	Found by Les Packer	40.00
	agate Ochoco Stemmed dart point having an impact	near Hood River, Oregon
	fracture to the tip, which removed a 1/8" long
	section of the face of side A at the tip, but didn't put
	this one out of commission. It has a dip and a
	substantial ledge just above the stem on side B
	which was used to facilitate hafting as a hafting stop	Ex: Michael Hough

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DACR696	A somewhat crude mottled burgundy, red,	Recovered on the	30.00
	orange, tan and brown petrified wood hand-	Columbia River
	held (as opposed to hafting) Cascade Knife	in Oregon
	blade. It's well flaked, mostly around the edges
	and has an interesting form with finger rest areas
	on both faces. It has the original striking
	platform on the end of the base. (Photos 6 & 7)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR10	A yummy horizontally banded red,	Recovered on the	22.00
	yellow, pink and honey colored agate	Columbia River in
	Rabbit Island dart point fairly well flaked	Washington
	on both faces in a rushed, random fashion

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR17	An interesting off-white, red, blue-gray	Recovered on the	18.00
	and brown diagonally banded petrified	Columbia River in
	wood Paddle Drill. It's fairly well flaked	Washington
	on both faces with a large "step" on the
	base (photo 6)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR18	A light green, red and tan agate	Recovered on the	18.00
	Cottonwood Leaf dart point, crudely and	Columbia River in
	hurriedly flaked on both faces. It retains a	Washington
	30% section of the original host stone's rind
	on the lower portion of side B. (photo 4)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR26	A mottled purple and pink agate Rabbit	Recovered on the	18.00
	Island Arrowhead made on a flake and	Columbia River in
	retaining 30% of the original flake's	Washington
	surface on side B. Side A is well flaked

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR30	A semi-translucent tan and rose-colored	Recovered on the	18.00
	agate Columbia Plateau arrowhead	Columbia River in
	thoroughly flaked on both faces with a median	Washington
	ridge on side A. The very end of one tang and
	the stem were anciently chipped away

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