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| SLFW3 |
A very attractive opaque
black obsidian |
Offered by the finder |
260.00 |
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serrated Fox Ear
arrowhead, thoroughly |
who recovered this one
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flaked on both faces and having nice
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in the Alvord Desert in
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caliche and mineral deposits on side A |
Harney Co., OR |
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| JCFW129 |
A fairly thin and slender
brown jasper Gatecliff |
Pershing Co., NV |
45.00 |
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dart point having tannic
staining on it's lower |
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half. It lost one barb in ancient times, but is still
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a respectable and well made piece
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| JCFW131 |
A medium-sized smoky gray
patinated obsidian |
Churchill Co., NV |
65.00 |
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Elko Split-stem Arrowhead.
It has an ancient |
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clip to the corner of one stem but is otherwise
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intact with very fine edge serrations. |
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| JCFW132 |
An asymmetrical (as
anciently formed) black |
Churchill Co., NV |
65.00 |
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obsidian Northern
Side-notched Arrowhead |
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of the Fox-eared variety. Just a nice piece
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with a very sharp needle tip
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| JCFW133 |
A most interesting,
slightly undersized (for type) gray obsidian Humboldt |
Pershing Co., NV |
120.00 |
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Constricted Base dart
point having very nice edge serrations. It's heavily |
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river polished and the thorough flaking patterns are
somewhat subdued
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from the river polish. It has a small flea bite to the
very tip of one ear,
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but is otherwise completely intact as made and
anciently used. |
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| JCFW134 |
A medium-sized duo-flow
obsidian Humboldt Constricted-base |
Churchill Co., NV |
130.00 |
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Knife form, well flaked on
both faces and well used, but having a |
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diagonal dip in the center of side B (photo 4) either
from a
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percussion flake or from the original form of the host
stone. One
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ear was anciently lost. Still an interesting piece
which has a vertical |
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band of clear obsidian comprising 25% of it's overall
width |
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| JCFW135 |
A fairly thin, extremely
well flaked on both faces semi- |
Churchill Co., NV |
85.00 |
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translucent duo-flow
obsidian Elko Split-stem Arrowhead |
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having slight diagonal banding. The tip shows ancient
re- |
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sharpening which is quite asymmetrical, but the caliche
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deposits on the flaked area of the tip show that it
was
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anciently worked this way. An exceptional piece |
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| JCFW139 |
A fairly thin,
semi-translucent horizontal duo-flow obsidian |
Churchill Co., NV |
35.00 |
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Humboldt Constricted base
dart point which is missing the |
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base and has a clip to the tip. It's well flaked on
both faces and |
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because of the ancient damage, has been priced
accordingly |
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| JCFW141 |
A fairly thick and quite
crude mottled red and burgundy jasper |
Pershing Co., NV |
35.00 |
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Humboldt Constricted base
Knife form. It has heavy desert |
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polish and is quite an interesting study for it's
crudeness alone |
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| JCFW146 |
A semi-translucent rootbeer
agate Paleo Crescent which also has |
Humboldt Co., NV |
45.00 |
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white "cherty" sections
from the cortex of the original host stone. |
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Flaking patterns are mediocre, and one working end is
totally
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chopped up, I'm almost embarrassed to list this one,
but since it's
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a Paleo piece, it squeaked through and is priced accordingly |
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| MMFW28 |
A very well made opaque
black obsidian Excelsior |
Napa Co., CA |
250.00 |
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Knife form. It has
remnants of a single percussion |
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flake running vertically just above and just below
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the hafting line. The remaining surfaces of this
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beauty are thoroughly and intricately pressure
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flaked. It shows traits of left-hand beveling from
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ancient resharpenings. Just an outstanding piece. |
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| MMFW29 |
A somewhat "stubby" opaque
black obsidian Excelsior Knife |
Napa Co., CA |
65.00 |
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form which was anciently
resharpened down to the point of |
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almost being converted to a drill form. It has a
spider bite to
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the tip, but is otherwise intact as it was used long
ago. |
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| MMFW30 |
A well worked-down opaque
black obsidian Excelsior Knife |
Napa Co., CA |
50.00 |
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form which was anciently
resharpened down to the point of |
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almost being converted to a drill form. It has a
spider bite to
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the tip, but is otherwise intact as it was used long
ago. |
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| MMFW31 |
A fairly sturdy burgundy
and green Franciscan chert |
Napa Co., CA |
SOLD |
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Stemmed Knife form. It's a
bit on the crude side with |
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an ancient nick to the tip, but overall isn't a bad
piece. |
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It's quite unusual to find an artifact having more
than
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one color of Franciscan chert in the same piece. |
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| MMFW32 |
An opaque black obsidian
mostly uni-faced, stemmed "Humpie" |
Napa Co., CA |
65.00 |
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Knife/Side-scraper
combination tool. It has some ancient |
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chipping to the tip, but is otherwise in good shape.
(Humpies are |
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documented with Paleo discoveries at Tulare Lake in
many
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publications, although this particular piece is from a
much later |
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time era, coeval with Stockton and Excelsior types.) |
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| MMFW33 |
A bi-facially worked gray
obsidian Humpie Knife/side-scraper |
Napa Co., CA |
45.00 |
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combination tool. Humpies
are normally uni-faced tools, so this |
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one is unusual from the standpoint of being
bi-facially worked.
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The flaking patterns on this piece aren't very
remarkable, and
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appear to have been made in a hurried fashion |
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| MMFW34 |
A fairly small (for type)
somewhat thick opaque black |
Napa Co., CA |
50.00 |
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obsidian Humboldt
Triangular dart point. It's thoroughly |
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flaked on both faces but has a nick to one ear of the
base. |
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It shows nice, somewhat shallow serrations to it's
edges. |
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| MMFW35 |
A well worked-down opaque
black obsidian |
Napa Co., CA |
65.00 |
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Excelsior Knife form which
was anciently |
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resharpened down to the point of being
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converted to a dangerous Dart form. |
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| MMFW36 |
A somewhat stubby
semi-translucent |
Napa Co., CA |
25.00 |
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Excelsior Dart created by
a novice knapper |
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| MMFW37 |
A very worked-down opaque,
diagonally banded gray |
Napa Co., CA |
30.00 |
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and black obsidian Saw
having nice serrated edges but |
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overall flaking is by a novice knapper. An interesting
piece |
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| MMFW38 |
An opaque black obsidian
Cascade hafted |
Napa Co., CA |
25.00 |
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Knife form having an
ancient nick to the tip |
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| MMFW39 |
A nice pair of obsidian
pieces, one a Cottonwood |
Napa Co., CA |
35.00 |
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Triangle dart point, the
other a worked-down |
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Plateau Pentagonal Knife form. Both are well
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made pieces each one having a nick to their tips. |
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| MMFW40 |
A highly unusual iridescent
gray obsidian |
Napa Co., CA |
40.00 |
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Humboldt Basal Notched
Dart point, well flaked |
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on both faces but having ancient nicks to each
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ear of the base. Quite an unusual host material |
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| MMFW41 |
A very well used opaque
black obsidian |
Napa Co., CA |
30.00 |
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Humboldt Saw/Knife form
showing ancient usage |
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nicks to the tip and a lateral shear to one edge at
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the base, which took out the basal ear on that side |
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| MMFW43 |
A fairly slender (for type)
semi-translucent |
Napa Co., CA |
30.00 |
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obsidian Nightfire
arrowhead created by a |
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novice knapper |
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| BYFW7 |
An almost translucent,
slightly opalescent white |
Offered by the original finder
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50.00 |
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agate Rose Springs
Corner-notched arrowhead |
who found this one on his
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from the Developmental to Classic phases,
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ranch in Harney Co., OR
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between 600 and 1,600 years old. It's well
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(details to buyer) |
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flaked on both faces by an intermediate knapper. |
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The stem is totally intact, as made but it has a
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slight ancient nick just above one of the barbs.
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Still a superior specimen. |
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| BWFW3 |
A medium-sized, well made
opaque black |
Recovered from the
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85.00 |
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obsidian Archaic
McGillivray Expanding Stem |
Modoc Area in
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ON-HOLD
at |
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Knife form. It has nice oblique flaking to a median |
Northern CA
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ridge, mostly on side A. The oblique flaking is
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present, mostly near the tip area of side B
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| TPFW394 |
Well made, medium sized
Archaic |
Lake Co., OR
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20.00 Well flaked, lateral
tip nick |
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Arrowheads, sold
separately |
(Full history to buyer) |
B |
20.00 Translucent, tip and
barb nicked |
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22.00 Nice patina and
serrations |
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D |
24.00 Well flaked, nicely
formed |
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| TPFW396 |
A well flaked black
obsidian Northern Side |
Lake Co., OR
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45.00 |
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Notched Arrowhead showing
ancient tip |
(Full history to buyer) |
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damage which was anciently re-worked to put
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this one back into operation, bargain priced! |
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| TPFW397 |
Interesting black obsidian
Cascade |
Lake Co., OR
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A
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40.00 Well flaked, nicely
made |
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Knife blades, sold
separately |
(Full history to buyer) |
B |
35.00 Well flaked, nicely
made, snapped base |
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variety with ancient usage
edge nicks |
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Please specify the item number |
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| TPFW404 |
A nice pair of slightly
damaged obsidian |
Lake Co., OR
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50.00 |
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hafted Knife blades from
the early Archaic |
(Full history to buyer) |
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period, between 4000 and 8000 years old. |
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| TPFW405 |
A very nice study lot of 5
slightly damaged |
Lake Co., OR
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65.00 |
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medium-sized obsidian
Knife blades from |
(Full history to buyer) |
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the early Archaic period between 4000 and
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8000 years old. A nice group for the price. |
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| DFFW18 |
An interesting black
obsidian Quarry Blank |
Modoc Co., CA |
35.00 |
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from the Archaic period.
It has the typical quarry |
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blank flaking patterns with heavy alkali
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encrustation, most likely left from hundreds of
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years of sitting in a dried-up lakebed. It appears to |
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have been used as a knife blade in it's current state. |
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| DFFW19 |
A triangular opaque black
obsidian Archaic Quarry |
Modoc Co., CA |
30.00 |
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Blank which has nice
pressure flaking to the edges |
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indicating that it was utilized as a knife blade in
the interim |
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| DFFW20 |
A pretty nice and well aged
Early Archaic obsidian Cascade Knife Blade |
Modoc Co., CA |
110.00 |
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which was made on a HUGE
flake. It has a few slight ledges on side A, but |
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is overall very well made by an advanced knapper who
worked the sections
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he needed at the time. The knapper definitely left
his advanced "signature" |
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with the intricate edgework on both faces. The base is
a little irregular and it |
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has a few recent edge nicks from improper storage.
Still a very worthy and
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old artifact which would make a great centerpiece in a
Far West collection. |
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| SWFW3 |
A fairly nice very light
gray chert early Archaic Cascade |
Found near Bay Center,
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40.00 |
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Knife blade which is well
flaked on both faces with |
Pacific Co., WA |
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good mineralization and an overall river polished
surface |
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| SLFW5 |
A nice Northern
Side-notched Fox Ear |
Found by the seller in |
215.00 |
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obsidian arrowhead, fairly
thin with |
Owhyee Co., ID |
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thorough flaking patterns on both faces
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and a spider bite to the tip. Additionally |
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it has nice frosty patina on side B
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| SLFW6 |
A paper-thin
purplish-burgundy chert Eastgate |
Found by the seller in |
215.00 |
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arrowhead having very
thorough and intricate |
Owhyee Co., ID |
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flaking patterns to both faces and just a great
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overall classic form. It's "almost" perfect with
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the exception of a small ancient dip to one edge |
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at the centerline, which appears to have been
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caused by an overly aggressive pressure flake. |
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| MBFW91 |
A paper-thin blue-green
Franciscan |
Shasta Co., CA |
125.00 |
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chert Corner Notched
arrowhead |
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thoroughly flaked but not
without it's |
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problems. It has a sheared
stem, a |
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nick to the tip and is
missing the very |
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tip of one tang. Still a
scarce item as |
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Franciscan chert "anything" is rare
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MBFW96 |
A most interesting
horizontally banded |
Undocumented but
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50.00 |
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mahogany and black
obsidian duo-flow |
most likely Oregon |
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Elko Eared dart point having good
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flaking patterns to both faces and an |
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unfortunate clip to one tang. It also has |
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a very sharp needle-tip
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Ex: Daryl Baker |
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| FW34 |
A nice, thoroughly and
expertly |
Recovered from an unspecified
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45.00 |
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flaked black obsidian
Cascade |
dig site in Northern California
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knife blade |
by a UCSF Anthropology
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professor around 1950 |
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| TPFW318 |
An average opaque black
obsidian Cascade |
Lake Co., OR
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75.00 |
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Knife form created by an
intermediate knapper. |
(Full history to buyer) |
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| BYFW2 |
A good-sized and quite
sturdy opaque black obsidian |
Offered by the original finder
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35.00 |
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Chilcotin Plateau Knife
blade. Side A's surface is well |
who found this one on his
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flaked in a random fashion, while side B only has
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ranch in Harney Co., OR
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secondary pressure flaking to the edges and around
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(details to buyer) |
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the tip. It has ancient nicks to both barbs and one
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corner of the base was also anciently nicked off.
Still
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an interesting piece for it's form, from the Early
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Archaic period, between 5,000 and 8,000 years old |
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| BYFW3 |
An extremely well-made
opaque black obsidian Gatecliff |
Offered by the original finder
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40.00 |
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Knife form from the middle
to late Archaic period, between |
who found this one on his
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3,000 to 5,000 years old. Flaking patterns are very
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ranch in Harney Co., OR
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thorough to both faces, executed by an advanced
knapper.
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(details to buyer) |
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The end of the base was unfortunately snapped off in
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ancient times. Still quite a striking piece for it's
antiquity. |
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| MHFW1392 |
A very thin olive green
Franciscan chert Gunther Barbed |
Recovered in |
135.00 |
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Arrowhead, expertly flaked
by a master knapper and |
Humboldt Co., CA |
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having just unbelievably fine serrations to both
edges. It has |
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good river polish and I honestly cannot tell if it
sustained an |
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ancient nick to one barb, or if that's just the way it
was
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made, as this section is smoothed over from the river
polish |
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| MHFW1395 |
A semi-translucent green
Franciscan chert |
Recovered in |
SOLD |
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Gunther Barbed Arrowhead
which has a spider |
Humboldt Co., CA |
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bite to the tip of one barb. Flaking patterns look |
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"rushed" and not especially well executed |
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| GBFW34 |
A fairly nice obsidian
Excelsior blade |
Recovered in |
110.00 |
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showing percussion flaking
to both |
Lake Co., OR |
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faces and secondary pressure flaking
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around all edges. It appears to have
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been made by an intermediate knapper |
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and displays slight river polish
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| GBFW38 |
A very nice gray mouse
obsidian |
Recovered in |
45.00 |
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Buchanan Eared blade which
was |
Sacramento Co., CA |
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anciently re-sharpened almost to the |
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point of taking on a drill-form. It has |
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nice oblique transverse flaking
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patterns on both faces, a slight nick to |
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the tip and 1 anciently sheared auricle |
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| MMFW18 |
A very nice, fairly thin
semi-translucent |
From an older collection |
35.00 |
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smoky gray obsidian
Humboldt Constricted |
which was recovered from
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Base dart point. It's fairly well flaked on both |
Modoc Co., CA and
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faces by an intermediate knapper |
Washoe Co., NV
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Ex: Thelma Billman |
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| TPFW337 |
A very interesting and well
made semi-translucent |
Lake Co., OR
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40.00 |
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diagonally banded duo-flow
obsidian Parman which |
(Full history to buyer) |
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was made on a larger flake and which retains a slight
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bowing from the original flake's form. Secondary
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pressure flaking is very thorough to both faces,
although |
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it does have a nick to the tip (photos 8 & 10) |
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Price |
| TPFW320 |
A nice pair of Cascade
Knife blades having |
Lake Co., OR
|
40.00 |
|
minor damage to their
bases. |
(Full history to buyer) |
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