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

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| CR204 |
An ultra-small gray and
reddish-brown |
Recovered on the |
20.00 |
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chert Desert General birdpoint |
Columbia River in |
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arrowhead. A very delicate
piece.
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Kittitas Co., WA
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by Les Packer |
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| CR205 |
An ultra-small gray, tan
and brown |
Found on the Columbia |
15.00 |
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agate Rose Springs Stemmed birdpoint |
River in Washington |
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arrowhead having a flea bite to the tip.
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during the 1960's |
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They don't get any smaller than this !
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| CR206 |
An ultra-small,
semi-translucent yellow |
Recovered in |
10.00 |
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and red agate Columbia Plateau birdpoint |
Gilliam County, OR |
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arrowhead
having a nick to the tip
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| CR207 |
An ultra-small, slightly
ragged, pretty |
Recovered on the |
6.00 |
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blood-red agate Desert General birdpoint |
Columbia River in |
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arrowhead, made on a flake and having
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Cowlitz Co., WA
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flats on both faces from the original flake |
(Land of the
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Chinookan Tribe) |
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| CR209 |
A semi-translucent
yellow-tinged and |
Found on the |
10.00 |
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red agate Rabbit Island dart
point |
Columbia River |
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made on a flake and having secondary |
at the Obie site
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pressure flaking on the edges only.
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in Kittitas Co., WA |
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| CR210 |
A very thin and thoroughly
flaked |
Found on the |
10.00 |
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pinkish-purple chert Wallula Gap |
Lower Columbia River |
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birdpoint arrowhead
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in Oregon |
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| CR211 |
A very thin and delicate
clear and |
From the |
12.00 |
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lavender agate Gunther arrowhead |
Columbia River, |
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having a needle tip, serrated edges and
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further provenance
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damage to both tangs as well as the stem |
is unknown |
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| CR213 |
A beautiful purple and red
semi- |
Recovered from the |
22.00 |
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translucent agate Rose Springs
Corner |
Columbia River in |
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Notched birdpoint arrowhead, made
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Kittitas Co., WA |
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on a flake and retaining 30% of the |
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original flake's surface on side B |
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| CR214 |
An attractive deep red and
burgundy |
Recovered on the |
20.00 |
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agate Cottonwood Leaf dart point. |
Columbia River in |
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Very well made and thoroughly
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Cowlitz Co., WA |
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flaked with a flea bite to the tip
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| CR215 |
A mottled pink and red
chert |
Found on the |
10.00 |
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Cottonwood Triangle dart point |
Columbia River in |
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having a flea bite to the tip and what
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Kittitas Co., WA |
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appears to be an anciently damaged
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and re-worked basal corner
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| CR217 |
A very small, well made and |
Found on the |
15.00 |
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thoroughly flaked light brown |
Columbia River in |
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jasper Rabbit Island arrowhead
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Cowlitz Co., WA |
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| CR219 |
A very small, intricately
worked |
Found on the |
20.00 |
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tan chert Lake River Side |
Columbia River |
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Notched birdpoint arrowhead
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in Cowlitz Co., WA
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having red appendages
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(Full history to buyer) |
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| CR222 |
A semi-translucent
bluish-white, |
Found on the |
20.00 |
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amber, yellow and burgundy |
Columbia River in |
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agate Rose Springs Corner
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Kittitas Co., WA |
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Notched birdpoint arrowhead |
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| CR223 |
A mahogany and black
diagonally |
Found at the Quinton |
20.00 |
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banded Cascade dart point which |
site near the Dalles, OR |
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appears to have been re-worked
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into a perforator |
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| CR224 |
A colorful red and purple
chert Rose |
Found at the |
20.00 |
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Springs Stemmed arrowhead which
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Quinton site near |
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missing one ear, but from the very small
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the Dalles, OR |
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size of the breakpoint, this was almost
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non-existent to begin with, probably as
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a result of ancient resharpenings
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| CR226 |
A fairly large
semi-translucent |
Found on the |
24.00 |
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honey colored agate Cascade |
Upper Columbia River |
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point having a reddish hue
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in Washington |
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| CR227 |
A medium brown and burgundy
jasper |
Found on the |
SOLD |
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Cold Springs dart point which was |
Columbia River near |
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anciently "re-based". One of the original
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Priest Rapids, WA |
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notches is still evident by the basal corner
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which has a sharp downwards "hook" and |
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it has nice basal thinning as part of the
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salvage re-working process. A well made, |
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10/3 |
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thoroughly flaked and interesting item
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| CR228 |
A pinkish-red with yellow
splotches |
Found on the Upper |
20.00 |
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agate Cascade dart point which
might |
Columbia River in |
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have doubled as a hafted perforator as |
Washington |
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evidenced by the spider bite to the tip |
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| CR229 |
A very small mottled
off-white and |
Found on the
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12.00 |
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blue-gray chert Rose Springs Corner |
Columbia River in
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Notched birdpoint arrowhead
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Kittitas Co., WA
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showing superior craftsmanship
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| CR230 |
An ultra-small and somewhat
battered |
Recovered on the |
5.00 |
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white chalcedony Desert General
bird |
Columbia River in |
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point arrowhead having tip and basal
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Cowlitz Co., WA |
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damage. The dark section at the base
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"might" be asphaltum residue |
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| CR233 |
A fairly small
semi-translucent |
Recovered on the |
18.00 |
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moonstone agate Desert Redding |
Columbia River in |
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arrowhead having orange and
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Washington |
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reddish patches on the lower
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sections. It has a flea bite to the tip,
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and one ear is anciently damaged |
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| CR234 |
A small, fully translucent
opalescent |
Recovered in |
15.00 |
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ice agate Desert General birdpoint |
Cowlitz Co., WA |
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arrowhead. One ear is anciently
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"sheared", but this is quite a scarce
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stone type which displays well |
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| CR236 |
A fully translucent ice
agate Rose |
Recovered on the |
15.00 |
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Springs Corner Notched arrowhead |
Columbia River in |
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made on a flake with about 25% of
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Kittitas Co., WA |
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the original flake's surface showing
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on side B. It does have spider bites
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and nicks, but is priced accordingly |
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| CR237 |
An interesting white agate
cortex |
Recovered on the |
20.00 |
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hafted knife blade having
attractive |
Columbia River near |
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light gray vertical banding and two
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Roosevelt, WA |
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small honey colored agate sections.
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It's slightly on the thick side, with side |
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B being flat, but reasonably flaked
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| CR238 |
A nice glossy reddish agate
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Recovered at the |
12.00 |
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triangular preform which was |
Wanapum Mound in |
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probably used as a small knife.
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Kittitas Co., WA |
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It has thorough flaking to both
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faces.
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| CR199 |
A pinkish-brown moss-agate |
Found at the
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12.00 |
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mini-knife blade having green
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Wanapum Mound |
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"moss splotches"
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near Vantage, WA |
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| CR200 |
A reddish-brown petrified |
Found on the
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15.00 |
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wood MerryBell arrowhead
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Columbia River near |
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having yellow swirl patterns
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The Dalles, WA |
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| JFCR59 |
A most unusual medium brown
jasper |
Found at the mouth
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135.00 |
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Gatecliff dart point having light
black patina |
of the Deschutes,
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on side B. Made on a flake with a weak
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Columbia River, OR
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attempt at working the edges on side B.
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by Richard Hanning
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The way that this one was made almost
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looks as if someone had had a "whole" bi- |
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facially worked arrowhead which they then |
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"cleaved" in half lengthwise. An interesting
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study of an obvious "rush job"
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| JFCR64 |
A most attractive mottled
sky-blue |
Found at the mouth
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40.00 |
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flint Gatecliff dart point having
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of the Deschutes,
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speckles. Made on a large flake with |
Columbia River, OR
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45% of the original flake's surface
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by Richard Hanning
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showing on side B |
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End of the Columbia
River Page 8
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