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  Ancient Indian arrowheads and 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
BWCR31 A black river-polished basalt Recovered from the 85.00
winged Drill thoroughly flaked  Dalles, OR on the
on both faces to a median ridge Columbia River

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR226 Now this one's really different... A frosty Skamania Co. 40.00
off-white and orange agatized wood Snake WA
River Dart point, made on an "arching" flake
and heavily beveled on the right side to
compensate and balance a "twist" which was
evident in the original flake. Side B has 95%
of the original flake's surface showing and is 
only pressure flaked around the blade edges.
The base is sheared. Ex: Rod Brown

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR567 A most interesting semi-translucent Recovered in the 25.00
yellow and amber agate Gatecliff  Willamette Valley near 11/15 ON-HOLD ck
arrowhead having a flat form to side Sweet Home, OR  
B and a convex form to side A.
Made on a flake, it retains 20% of 
the original flake's surface on side B.
Quite an attractive piece, actually

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR126 An attractive dark brown   Columbia River, OR SOLD

agate Snake River Dart point.

   12/11
Approximately 25% of side B Ex: Blake
remains un-worked

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR688 A mottled light brown chert Shaniko Recovered on the Columbia 40.00
Stemmed hafted knife form which has River west of the Dalles, OR
had one ear anciently removed from
resharpenings. Flaking patterns are
subdued owing to the nature of the host
stone and it has the original striking
platform on the end of the base. It also
has reddish coloration to the stem

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR692 A mottled brown petrified wood  Recovered on the 40.00
Cascade Knife / Drill form, mostly Columbia River near
knapped only around the edges,  Arlington, OR
as most petrified wood pieces are

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR695 A nicely weathered motteled gray chert   Recovered on the 30.00
Cascade Knife blade well flaked on both Columbia River
faces by a (barely) intermediate knapper in Oregon

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR3 An attractive blue and gray chert Recovered on the SOLD
Merrybell arrowhead thoroughly but Columbia River in 12/11
somewhat crudely flaked on both Washington
faces with an ancient nick to the tip

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR4 An attractive orange, honey colored and Recovered on the 18.00
brown agate Wallula Gap arrowhead which   Columbia River in
has a snapped base and a spider bite to the Washington
tip. It was made on a flake and retains 50%
of the original flake's surface on side B

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR5 A small and delicate light gray chert Recovered on the 15.00
Rose Springs side-notched arrowhead Columbia River in
thoroughly flaked on both faces. One Washington
tang is missing from ancient resharpening

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR11 A purple and dark gray chert  Recovered on the 10.00
winged Drill thoroughly flaked on Columbia River in
both faces with a nick to the tip Washington

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR13 A very rustic black basalt Rose Springs stemmed Recovered on the 10.00
arrowhead having sparse flaking patterns. It Columbia River in
appears to have been coated on one side with  Washington
shellac, a practice for mounting artifacts from the
1940's through 1950's. (This is easily removed
with a quick acetone soaking)

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DFCR14 A nice, slightly curved obsidian Pencil Drill, Recovered on the 8.00
thoroughly flaked on both faces. It appears to have Columbia River in
been coated on one side with shellac, a practice for Washington
mounting artifacts from the 1940's through 1950's.
(This is easily removed with a quick acetone soaking)

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR586 A nice brown chert Wallula Gap Willamette Valley, 35.00
rectangular stem arrowhead Linn Co., OR
having a clip to the stem

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR651 A light brown chert hafted Arlington, OR 65.00
knife blade having very
shallow notches Ex: Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR656 A brown chert Wildcat Columbia River, Oregon 45.00
Canyon hafted knife form Ex: Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWCR19 A mottled brown, tan and gray agate Recovered on the 75.00
Columbia Plateau arrowhead having a Columbia River in
spider bite to the tip and lateral shears  Washington
to both tangs, which are missing. Flaking
is thorough on both faces executed by
an upper-intermediate knapper

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWCR22 A very nice, thin and delicate  Recovered on the 75.00
burgundy chert Columbia Plateau Columbia River in
arrowhead having very good and   Washington
thorough flaking patterns to both
faces by a very advanced knapper.
The very tip of one tang is missing.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWCR23 A fairly large, for type mottled Recovered on the 45.00
lavender, brown, orange and red Columbia River in
jasper Eastgate dart point. Flaking  Washington
is thorough on both faces, although
there is a slight "step" on each face

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWCR24 A very nice semi-translucent honey     Recovered on the SOLD
colored agate Eastgate arrowhead having Columbia River in 12/11
good, thorough flaking patterns on both Washington
faces by an intermediate knapper, which
travel to a median ridge on both faces. The
base has a nick to one corner and it also
has a slight (1/8") lateral fracture to one 
edge at the very tip. Still an attractive piece

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWCR26 A most interesting and colorful mottled Recovered on the 45.00
tan, red and black petrified miniature  Columbia River in
Columbia Mule Ear. It has an ancient nick Washington
to the tip and was most likely, greatly
worked down from it's original size

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR657 A mottled light brown and blue-gray agate Recovered on the 45.00
Atlatl Valley Triangular knife blade. It's Columbia River, Oregon
thoroughly flaked on both faces by an
intermediate knapper, but does have 2  
slight "steps" on side A where the hoststone
resisted flaking. It has a tick bite to the very
tip, but is still a very good looking artifact Ex: Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JFCR81 A nice, delicate light brown chert The Dalles, OR 35.00
Wallula Gap Rectangular Stem
arrowhead, thoroughly flaked but 
having a shallow step running vertically
up the centerline on side B (photo 6) Ex: Hanning

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR554 A semi-translucent amber,  Recovered in the SOLD
brown, yellow, red and white Willamette Valley near 12/11
agate Big Valley Stemmed Sweet Home, OR
dart point having a snapped
base and missing one tang

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR555 A fairly thick and gorgeous purplish- Recovered in the 30.00
red, burgundy and brown-yellow chert Willamette Valley near
greatly worked down rectangular Sweet Home, OR
stemmed knife blade which has no
damage. Quite an attractive piece

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWCR1 A gorgeous semi-translucent very light Recovered on 55.00
brown and honey colored Gunther the Columbia River
barbed arrowhead which has  in Washington
professional RESTORATION to the
longer barb as well as to the very tip

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR562 A very thin and delicate semi-translucent  Recovered in the SOLD
white with yellow and pinkish hues agate Willamette Valley near 12/11
Dagger arrowhead which has a very Sweet Home, OR
short (1/16") and unusual surface shear
to one face from the tip

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWCR6 An interesting semi-translucent mottled gray, Recovered on the 95.00
brown and red agate Mule Ear knife blade. Klickitat River in
This one is thoroughly flaked on both faces Washington
by an advanced knapper and was greatly
worked down from ancient resharpenings

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWCR7 A nice mottled off-white, light gray and  Recovered on the 85.00
burgundy agate Mule Ear hafted knife blade Klickitat River in
thoroughly flaked on both faces by an  Washington
advanced knapper. It has an ancient nick to
one cutting edge just above the horizontal
centerline (photo 2), still an attractive piece

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR1003 Kind of a ho-hum mottled Recovered on the 12.00
gray and burgundy chert Columbia River, WA
Desert General arrowhead
made by a novice knapper

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR367 A small and very thin red chert Jackson County, 24.00

Gunther arrowhead having

S. Oregon
small bites from all 3 lower
appendages. Thoroughly
flaked with tannic river staining Ex: Lloyd Butcher

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR369 A gorgeous, fairly large (for type) Jackson County, 24.00

mottled light pink and white chert

S. Oregon
Gunther barbed arrowhead. Well
made, but having a missing tang Ex: Lloyd Butcher

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR373 A mottled red and burgundy Columbia River, 30.00

chert hafted Cascade blade,

Oregon
having shallow notches

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR377 A quite small and interesting  Sandy River, OR 30.00

mottled red, purple, white and blue

  
chert Cascade blade with a flat
hafting area at the base on side B

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR5 A rustic medium brown and Recovered on the 30.00

burgundy chert Columbia Mule

Columbia River
Ear blade almost worked down
to a drill form

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR571 An attractive semi-translucent  Recovered in the 22.00
moonstone agate Rabbit Island Willamette Valley near
arrowhead having 2 diagonal Sweet Home, OR
pink bands near the tip. Both
tangs and the tip have nicks

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR735 A paper-thin mottled brown, tan and Found by Les Packer SOLD
gray agate Columbia Plateau on the Columbia River 12/11
arrowhead originally made on a near The Dalles, OR
flake but having all of the original
flake's surface removed through
masterful secondary pressure flaking Ex: Michael Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR737 A fairly thin mottled brown jasper Found by Les Packer on SOLD
Columbia Plateau arrowhead, the Columbia River near 12/11
well flaked on both faces. The Dalles, OR
Ex: Michael Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JDCR7 An interesting mottled red, white and Found on the 18.00
burgundy chert Desert General arrowhead Columbia River
which has been beat up in ancient times. 
Side B is mostly flat, with minimal flaking to
the periphery of the edges and tip. It also
appears to have been anciently re-based,
most likely after sustaining damage from a
"missed shot". Flaking is of a beginner
knapper's caliper, still a colorful point

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JDCR8 A delicate blue-gray chalcedony Rabbit Found on the SOLD
Island arrow point, made on a flake, and Columbia River 12/11
retaining 40% of the flake's original flat  
surface on side B, and having an overt flat on
35% of side A's surface, in the center, where
pressure flaking was only done around the
edges. It has a nick to the tip and to one tang

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR143 An attractive semi-translucent Columbia River, OR 35.00

moonstone agate Plateau

 
  Pentagonal blade having slight    
  curvature which is more    
pronounced near the tip Ex: Beatrice Morehead

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