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Indian arrowheads and other ancient relics from |
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the Far Western regions which includes the Great Basin |
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Type: Cascade Knife,
Gem quality |
Provenance: |
Price |
| JAFW39 |
An absolutely gorgeous,
expertly made semi-translucent, horizontally |
Recovered from |
1200.00 |
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banded obsidian Cascade
knife form in perfect condition. Obviously made |
Lake Co., OR |
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by an extremely advanced knapper, this one displays
very systematic,
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thorough and detailed flaking patterns coupled with a
very symmetrical
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form. One of the best, for type, that we've seen in a
long time.
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Stermer COA |
dlgp |
| Item: |
Type: Cascade
Butchering Knife Blade |
Provenance: |
Price |
| JAFW41 |
A fairly thick, sturdy and
well formed obsidian Cascade butchering knife |
Offered by the original |
375.00 |
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form. It's well flaked on
both faces with a good combination of direct and |
finder who recovered
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indirect percussion flaking patterns coupled with
sparse secondary pressure
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this monster in
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flaking to the cutting edges. It has a vertical flat
section up the centerline of
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Lake Co., OR |
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side B, left from the outer cortex of the original
host stone (photo 4). It has
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slight roughness to the very end of the base, probably
resulting from ancient
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hafting/usage (photos 5 & 6). Overall, quite an
impressive piece which
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displays well and which shows the early traits of Paleo/Archaic manufacture. |
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| Item: |
Type: Pinto Basin |
Provenance: |
Price |
| JAFW42 |
A fairly thin (for
type/usage) semi-translucent, slightly opalescent |
Recovered from |
250.00 |
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obsidian Pinto Basin
hafted knife form. It's thoroughly flaked on |
Lake Co., OR |
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both faces by an experienced knapper and shows good
frosty
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patina on side B. It has very slight nicking to the
tips of the basal |
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tangs, but is otherwise "all there" as it was
anciently made and
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used. It's asymmetrical form is a result of ancient resharpenings
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to a single cutting edge, which worked away the
shoulder on
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this blade edge. A superior example of this desirable
type. |
Stermer COA |
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| Item: |
Type: Humboldt
Constricted Base |
Provenance: |
Price |
| JAFW43 |
A highly unusual and most
attractive combination of black and mahogany diagonally |
Recovered from |
165.00 |
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banded obsidian Humboldt
Constricted Base hafted knife form. This one is fairly thin, |
Lake Co., OR |
1/19
ON-HOLD
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as far as knife forms go, and is well flaked on both
faces with the exception of a slight
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flat area in the very center of side B (photo 6). It
shows a short (1/4") lateral shear to
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the face on side B, originating from the tip (photo
9). Quite an interesting piece. |
Stermer COA |
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| Item: |
Type: Pinto Basin Saw |
Provenance: |
Price |
| JAFW44 |
A very unusual, fairly
short (for use) semi-translucent obsidian Pinto Basin Saw |
Recovered from |
175.00 |
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blade form. It's very
thoroughly flaked on both faces by a quite advanced |
Lake Co., OR |
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knapper, and has nicely serrated edgework for use as a
saw. The body retains
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curvature from the original host stone flake's form
(photo 3) and this shows the
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advanced level of the ancient knapper's skill, as many
other pieces made on a
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curved flake normally don't show the thorough flaking
patterns to the concave- |
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curved face which this one has. It has a small spider
bite to the tip of one basal
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tang (right tang in photo 7), but is otherwise a
superior example of this type. |
Stermer COA |
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| Item: |
Type: Cascade Knife
Blade |
Provenance: |
Price |
| JAFW45 |
A nice medium-sized
Bi-pointed obsidian Cascade Knife form. It shows a good form for a |
Offered by the original |
325.00 |
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typical "work horse" of a
blade, created by a very advanced knapper who knew how to do |
finder who recovered
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"only the necessary" to accomplish his purpose. It
retains smooth flat areas left from the
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this beauty in
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percussion flaking stage in the center of side B
(photo 4) and which undoubtedly aided
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Lake Co., OR |
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grasping when used as a handheld knife. All cutting
edges show advanced secondary pressure |
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flaking patterns as a testimony to this one's repeated
use in ancient times. It has a small, 1/8"
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long lateral nick to a single edge originating from
the tip and it also has a "finger rest" vertical
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dip on side B near the tip (photo 5). A good, solid
example of a handheld knife form. |
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| Item: |
Type: Northern Side
Notched Blade |
Provenance: |
Price |
| JAFW46 |
A fairly long (for type)
quite sturdy Northern Side Notched hafted |
Recovered from Catlow |
135.00 |
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knife form which shows a
fair amount of usage wear (and ancient |
Valley, Eastern Oregon |
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resharpening of these, see photo 5) to it's cutting
edges. It's thoroughly
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flaked on both faces, although the flaking patterns
are mostly covered
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over with a heavy alkali deposit on side B, as is
typical of many pieces |
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found around dried-up lakebeds in this area. |
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| Item: |
Type: Pinto Basin Saw |
Provenance: |
Price |
| JAFW48 |
A fairly thick, sturdy
obsidian hafted Pinto Basin Saw blade which has |
Recovered from |
40.00 |
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nicely serrated edgework.
It shows ancient nicking to one barb as well as |
Lake Co., OR |
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to the very tips of the basal tangs, but is not in bad
condition. Obviously
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quite a workhorse of a piece which was well used in
ancient times. |
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| Item: |
Type: Rossi
Square-stemmed Dart point |
Provenance: |
Price |
| TGRFW3 |
A drastically worked-down
pink and gray Franciscan chert Rossi Square-stemmed |
Offered by the original finder |
35.00 |
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Dart point. The edge of
the base retains an original percussion flake pattern (photo |
who recovered this one from
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12/12
ON-HOLD
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7 & 8) and although this one is about 1 step away from
being "spent", the flaking
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an ancient site in San Luis
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patterns around the tip indicate that it was still
(barely) functional as a dart point. A
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Obispo County, California |
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neat little piece which dates back between the Middle
Archaic through Transitional
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phase, between 2000 and 4000 years old. (From my
knowledge of the areas
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where this one was recovered, it's most likely between
2500 and 3500 years old.) |
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| Item: |
Type: Malaga Cove Dart
point |
Provenance: |
Price |
| TGRFW5 |
A heavily alkali encrusted
off-white chert Malaga Cove Dart point. |
Offered by the original finder |
22.00 |
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The underlying host
material is a very light tannish-brown, visible by |
who recovered this one from
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a couple of more recent surface nicks. How the finder
was even
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an ancient site in San Luis
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able to see this one, with all of it's camouflage is
way beyond me. |
Obispo County, California |
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| Item: |
Type: Jalama Arrowhead |
Provenance: |
Price |
| TGRFW7 |
A mottled light bluish-gray
chert Jalama Side notched arrowhead which |
Offered by the original finder |
20.00 |
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is on the thick side and
well flaked on both faces by an amateur knapper. |
who recovered this one from
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The bottom edge appears to have mostly weathered or
fallen away in
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an ancient site in San Luis
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ancient times probably owing to an imperfection in the
host material.
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Obispo County, California |
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| Item: |
Type: Stemmed Knife |
Provenance: |
Price |
| TGRFW11 |
A very attractive sky-blue
chert stemmed Knife form which appears to |
Offered by the original finder |
22.00 |
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have been anciently worked
down substantially. The base is anciently |
who recovered this one from
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snapped, so I can't venture a guess at it's "type",
although the site it was |
an ancient site in San Luis
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recovered on roughly dates around 3500 years old. It
has interesting
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Obispo County, California |
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secondary pressure flaking to it's angled tip,
possibly to put it back into |
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service after the tip was broken from use. Damaged,
but still perty. |
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| Item: |
Type: Gatecliff Knife |
Provenance: |
Price |
| TGRFW15 |
A very unusual, very light
green Franciscan chert Gatecliff Knife form |
Offered by the original finder |
50.00 |
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which has somewhat
irregular edges caused by usage wear. The base |
who recovered this one from
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11/2
ON-HOLD
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is truncated, by design and it has remnants of the
binding asphaltum
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an ancient site in San Luis
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on both faces of the stemmed, hafting area, which is
quite a rarity.
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Obispo County, California |
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| Item: |
Type: Vandenberg |
Provenance: |
Price |
| TGRFW16 |
A very attractive "veined"
light green Franciscan chert Vandenberg contracting |
Offered by the original finder |
45.00 |
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stemmed dart point which
show traits of being anciently worked down to it's |
who recovered this one from
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current asymmetrical form. It's well flaked on both
faces but has a nick to the
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an ancient site in San Luis
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single remaining shoulder barb. An interesting piece
in an unusual color. |
Obispo County, California |
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| Item: |
Type: Malaga Cove Knife |
Provenance: |
Price |
| TGRFW17 |
A fairly small (for type)
mottled gray, circular banded Monterey chert Malaga Cove |
Offered by the original finder |
60.00 |
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Knife form which is very
well made. It retains a small section of the original host stone's |
who recovered this one from
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11/2
ON-HOLD
rd |
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cortex in the center of side A at the hafting line.
Flaking patterns are very thorough and
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an ancient site in San Luis
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expertly done on both faces, it has a thin, slight
lateral shear from the basal edge on one
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Obispo County, California |
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corner of the base (5/16" long) an a very slight
lateral ancient chip from one edge at the
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tip (3/16" long), but is otherwise "all there" as it
was anciently made and used. A superior |
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piece, especially for an artifact made from Monterey
chert. I should also mention that this |
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is a rare color for Monterey chert, which is usually a
dark root beer brown. |
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| Item: |
Type: Malaga Cove Knife |
Provenance: |
Price |
| TGRFW22 |
A very nicely made and
quite attractive light brown banded Monterey chert Malaga |
Offered by the original finder |
125.00 |
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Cove Leaf Knife form,
thoroughly flaked on both face, with a couple of steps left from |
who recovered this one from
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"sticking points" in the layered host material, during
the knapping process. The base is
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an ancient site in San Luis
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diagonally flat, left from the outer cortex of the
host material and the tip and edges show |
Obispo County, California |
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some roughness from normal usage wear. Still a great
and somewhat scarce item. |
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Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| DFBB2 |
A HUGE, broad Late Paleo/Early
Archaic period stemmed hafted |
Recovered in SE Oregon |
2200.00 |
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Obsidian Butchering Knife
form which is well flaked on both faces, |
which is Paleo territory |
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mostly by percussion technique. It shows heavy river
polish, and must
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have been setting on a shoreline for thousands of
years before the water
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body dried up, leaving a fair amount of caliche
deposits on side B. It's a |
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bit on the asymmetrical side with a nice rounded base,
and it leaves little |
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doubt that it wasn't used to skin rabbits! This was a
big-game processor |
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and would make an excellent centerpiece to any western
collection. |
Stermer COA |
dlbb |
| Item: |
Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| MMFW49 |
A very thin and extremely
well made semi-translucent diagonally |
Recovered from SE |
400.00 |
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banded duo-flow obsidian
Northern Side-notched Arrowhead. |
Oregon, most likely
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It's well flaked on both faces by a master knapper and
is just a
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Lake County |
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superior example of this desirable point type. It has
an angled flat |
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section in the center of the base on side B which was
left from
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the original host stone shearing stage by the knapper
to facilitate
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binding. One of the best! It comes with a Stermer COA,
as well |
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as a Stermer evaluation form which grades this one as
a G8,
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although I disagree with this assigned grade... if
it's not at least a
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G9.5, I'll go out and eat a mound of obsidian rocks
myself! |
Stermer COA |
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Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| DFFW21 |
A very nice, somewhat
iridescent gray-black obsidian |
Recovered from |
110.00 |
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Chilcotin Plateau hafted Knife form. It's
well flaked on |
Lake Co., OR |
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both faces by an intermediate knapper and dates to the
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early Archaic period between 5,000 and 8,000 years
old. |
Stermer COA |
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Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| DFFW22 |
A very nice
semi-translucent Windust Dart point, well flaked on both |
Recovered from |
225.00 |
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faces in a random pattern
by an experienced knapper. It has good |
Lake Co., OR |
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mineralization, patina and alkali deposits as a
testimony to it's antiquity.
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Stermer COA |
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Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| DFFW23 |
A semi-translucent obsidian
Parman Dart point having thorough flaking |
Recovered from |
75.00 |
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patterns on both faces
with good basal grinding and mineralization. |
Lake Co., OR |
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The surfaces show river polished or weathered
sections. |
Stermer COA |
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Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| DFFW24 |
A very interesting and
quite unique diagonally banded light gray |
Recovered from |
110.00 |
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obsidian Pinto Basin from
the Archaic period. It has slight |
Lake Co., OR |
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curvature from the host stone's original form and the
flaking
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patterns are quite subdued from a combination of river
polish and
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desert weathering. It has a highly unusual needle tip
with good
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edge serrations not normally seen with this particular
type, and was |
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most likely used as a multi-purpose saw/perforator
hafted tool |
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Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| VAFT3 |
A snow-white chalcedony-chert
Archaic Cascade Knife blade |
Offered by
original |
75.00 |
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which shows amateurish
flaking patterns mostly around it's edges. |
finder’s
family members, |
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This beauty must have been HUGE in it's earlier
incarnations, and
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found in Crook
Co., OR |
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was anciently resharpened down to the point of
exhaustion as
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evidenced by the very obvious hafting line shown in
photos 1 and
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4. The surfaces on both side A and side B are mostly
flat in the
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center from the form of the original host stone.
Slightly crude, but
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still an excellent study in ancient tool manufacture
and use. |
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dlft |
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Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| MMFW48 |
A very small (for type) and
well formed semi-translucent black obsidian |
Recovered from |
85.00 |
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Humboldt Concave-base Dart
point which is well flaked on both faces |
SE Oregon most
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by an experienced knapper. It has a lateral flat
section to the edge of one |
likely Lake County |
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ear (top of photo 8) which appears to be "as made".
Just a nice,
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attractive Dart point. It comes with a Stermer COA, as
well as a Stermer |
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evaluation form which grades this one as a G6,
although I disagree with
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this assigned grade and would place it more in the
G7-G8 range. |
Stermer COA |
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Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| MMFW50 |
A fairly thin and very well
formed semi-translucent obsidian Humboldt |
Recovered from SE |
150.00 |
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Concave base Dart point
which is thoroughly flaked on both faces by a |
Oregon, most likely
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very advanced knapper. Just an exceptional little dart
point. It comes
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Lake County |
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with a Stermer COA, as well as a Stermer evaluation
form which grades
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this one as a G8, although I disagree with this
assigned grade... if it's not
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at least a G9, I'll go out and eat a mound of obsidian
rocks myself! |
Stermer COA |
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Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| VAFW3 |
A very sturdy black
obsidian Archaic (Cascade) period Dagger/Knife blade, |
Offered by
original |
300.00 |
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which is thoroughly flaked
on both faces, with the exception of a section in the |
finder’s
family members, |
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center of side B which retains a flatter percussion
flake area. (center of photo 3)
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found in Crook
Co., OR |
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Flaking patterns are quite extensive and detailed
executed by a very experienced
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knapper. This rare dagger form has good, intricate
basal thinning flaking patterns
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(photo 6) coupled with an intentional hafting
stop-ledge on side A. (photo 5) The
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form of this ancient weapon indicates that it was
pressure-fitted into a bone handle |
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for use. Quite an extraordinary example of a seldom
offered for sale artifact. |
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| Item: |
Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| VAFW1 |
A bit of a stubby
semi-translucent Archaic Cascade Knife form |
Offered by
original |
40.00 |
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which is well flaked on
both faces by an intermediate knapper and |
finder’s
family members, |
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which shows signs of being anciently resharpened
almost to the
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found in Crook
Co., OR |
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point of exhaustion by it's ancient maker-user. Not a
bad piece. |
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| Item: |
Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| VAFW2 |
A nice, broad black
obsidian Archaic bi-pointed Cascade Trade Blank which |
Offered by
original |
200.00 |
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was obviously used as a
Knife blade in it's present form. It retains much of the |
finder’s
family members, |
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cursory direct percussion trimming-flaking patterns on
both surfaces with
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found in
Harney Co., OR |
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intricate secondary pressure flaking patterns along
selected sections of it's
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cutting edges. A most interesting example of a "tool
in transition". |
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dlft |
| Item: |
Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| VAFW4 |
A well worked-down
semi-translucent black obsidian Elko Corner |
Offered by
original |
35.00 |
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Notched Arrowhead. It's
well flaked on both faces in a cruder |
finder’s
family members, |
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random fashion and has a single ancient nick to the
edge of the base. |
found in Crook
Co., OR |
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Still a piece that I would consider to be a worthy
find in the field. |
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| Item: |
Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| VAFW6 |
A nice, somewhat small (for
type) semi-translucent obsidian Parman |
Offered by
original |
45.00 |
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Dart point which is well flaked on
both faces by a well-seasoned |
finder’s
family members, |
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knapper. It has an ancient nick to one side at the
bottom edge of the |
found in Crook
Co., OR |
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base and the tip is quite rustic. Still not a bad
example of this early
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Archaic artifact. |
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| Item: |
Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| VAFW7 |
A very sturdy well made and
long used black obsidian Parman Knife |
Offered by
original |
150.00 |
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form, well flaked on both
faces by a very experienced knapper and |
finder’s
family members, |
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showing typical asymmetrical edges from many ancient resharpenings.
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found in Crook
Co., OR |
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The tip shows anciently use-damage, which apparently
didn't hinder it's |
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general functioning. Just a great piece for you knife
collectors out there. |
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| Item: |
Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| VAFW8 |
A most interesting
diagonally banded iridescent gray and black |
Offered by
original |
45.00 |
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obsidian Archaic (Cascade
era) Preform which also functioned |
finder’s
family members, |
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as a knife blade in it's interim stages. It has
typical cursory but
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found in Crook
Co., OR |
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thorough flaking patterns to both faces with intricate
secondary
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pressure flaking to it's edges for use as a knife.
Sure wish I
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could have seen the ancient owner turn this into it's
intended
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finished product, as the beauty of the host material
is unequalled. |
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| Item: |
Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| VAFW9 |
A nice medium-sized Archaic
bi-pointed Cascade obsidian Knife blade, |
Offered by
original |
85.00 |
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very well flaked on both
faces by an experienced knapper. It has a clean |
finder’s
family members, |
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break just above it's hafting line where it was
re-glued together, and it has
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found in
Harney Co., OR |
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later chipping along it's edges, some from recent
nicking, some from
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ancient nicking. Not a bad "filler piece" which
displays well for the money. |
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| Item: |
Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| VAFW10 |
A nice broad and thick
opaque black obsidian Archaic Quarry |
Offered by
original |
150.00 |
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Blank which shows a lot of
percussion reduction flaking on both |
finder’s
family members, |
12/3
ON-HOLD
wm |
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faces. It has secondary pressure flaking patterns to 3
of it's 4 cutting |
found in
Harney Co., OR |
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edges where it was sharpened for use as a knife blade
in it's interim
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stages in ancient times. It shows a good amount of caliche
deposits
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on side B most likely from it's sitting on the edge of
a lake bed as it
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dried up over the many years. A worthy piece priced
right! |
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| VAFW12 |
A nice medium-sized Archaic
bi-pointed Cascade obsidian |
Offered by
original |
75.00 |
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Knife blade, very well
flaked on both faces by an experienced |
finder’s
family members, |
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knapper. It has a clean break which is very difficult
to see, just |
found in
Harney Co., OR |
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below the tip area where it was re-glued together. Not
a bad
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"filler piece" which displays well for the money. |
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| VAFW11 |
A fairly thin (for
material) medium gray fine-grained basalt Cascade |
Offered by
original |
130.00 |
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Knife blade, well worked
on both faces with the exception of a 25% |
finder, found
in
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vertical flat section on side B (photos 3 & 5) left
over from the original
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Crook Co., OR |
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host stone's cortex. Basalt is near impossible to work
very well, but
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the ancient knapper did a pretty good job with this
one. It's a bit on
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the rustic side, but is still a valid truly well used
ancient artifact. |
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| DFFW25 |
A medium-sized (for type)
Archaic obsidian Nightfire Dart point, |
Recovered from |
110.00 |
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very well flaked on both
faces, basically to a median ridge by a |
Harney Co., OR |
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very advanced, experienced knapper. It has 3 pressure
flaked
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flute-like channels from the base on side A and heavy
alkali
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deposits covering one face. An interesting and most
archaic piece |
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| DFFW26 |
A very meaty and very long
(for type) well made black |
Recovered from |
450.00 |
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obsidian Northern Side
Notched Blade form having |
Lake Co., OR
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extremely thorough, bordering on intricate flaking
patterns
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during the 1950's |
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to both faces. It has an ancient lateral shear which
runs
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from the tip down a single edge for 3/8" (photos 6 > 8
and |
Ex: Milton Tuck |
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10 > 12) but is still an impressive and exceptional
piece
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Stermer COA |
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| JAFW33 |
An almost translucent smoky
gray obsidian Humboldt constricted |
Recovered from |
250.00 |
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base Dart point/Knife
form. It's very well and thoroughly flaked on |
Lake Co., OR |
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both faces by an advanced knapper with the exception
of a small
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8% section in the middle of side B, which shows a
flatter surface
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from the percussion flaking stage of this beauty. It
has a slightly
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twisted form from ancient resharpenings during it's
use as a knife
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blade. Quite an exceptional piece. |
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| JAFW34 |
An opaque gray-black RARE
obsidian Chisel-tip Parman Dart |
Recovered from |
425.00 |
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point having quite subdued
lighter vertical banding. It's thoroughly |
Lake Co., OR |
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flaked on both faces in a quite methodical manner.
It's only slightly |
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asymmetrical, but is "all there" as it's ancient
creator intended it to
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be. The chisel tip itself is obviously intentional
with very fine
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pressure flaking patterns to the tip. The stem is
lightly ground. Just
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an exceptional example of this desirable type. |
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| JAFW35 |
A very good-sized
semi-translucent, slightly diagonally banded |
Recovered from |
700.00 |
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obsidian Early Archaic
Cascade Knife form having a "knobbed" base. |
Lake Co., OR |
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Made by a (near?) master knapper, it shows very
intricate oblique
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transverse flaking patterns coupled with flatter
sections left from the
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percussion flaking stage. Obviously a blade which the
creator felt that
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he would be using for a long time. It has what appears
to be a very
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slight ancient nick on one edge near the tip (photo
8), but is otherwise
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"all there" as it was anciently made and used. Just an
exceptional piece. |
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| JAFW36 |
An ultra-thin, very
delicate medium bluish-gray dacite Eastgate |
Recovered from |
45.00 |
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Arrowhead, fairly well
flaked on both faces and having an |
Lake Co., OR |
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asymmetrical form |
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| JAFW37 |
An exceptional, very sturdy
and quite large semi-translucent, slightly diagonally banded |
Recovered from |
1200.00 |
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duo-flow obsidian Early
Archaic bi-pointed Cascade Knife blade. This one is very well |
Lake Co., OR
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and thoroughly flaked on side A by a master knapper,
showing indirect percussion as
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(more specifics to buyer)
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well as secondary pressure flaking patterns. Side B
shows intricate secondary pressure |
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flaking mostly around the edges with a 25% flatter
section left from the percussion
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flaking stage. (top of photo 4) This section is very
interesting in that it allows the
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viewing of underlying swirls and v-shaped patterns
from the duo-flow action of the host |
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obsidian material, which is subdued in other areas of
the blade by the flaking patterns.
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Ex: Alex Harding |
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It also has good alkali deposits as a testimony to
it's great antiquity. |
Stermer COA |
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| MHFW1537 |
A fair-sized, very unusual
diagonally banded |
Recovered in |
130.00 |
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translucent obsidian
"Eccentric", well flaked on |
Pinal Co., AZ |
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both faces, seldom seen for sale anywhere! |
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| MMCA1 |
An absolutely OUTSTANDING
and very rare offering of a |
Recovered on a private ranch
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8,900.00 |
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Cache consisting of 13
semi-translucent duo-flow obsidian |
in Mineral County, Nevada |
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Cascade Knife Blades! Most of these show very
interesting and
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(More details to buyer) |
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unique patterns formed from the natural volcanic lava
flow. These
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were all recovered together from an ancient
hunting/butchering
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site. Just an EXTREMELY RARE offering! (High
resolution
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Ex: Hegg Collection |
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photos available upon request - Serious buyers only,
please) |
Ex: Keith Franc |
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