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| TPFW329 |
A nice good-sized pair of
Archaic-era |
Lake Co., OR
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50.00 |
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obsidian Knife blades in
respectable condition |
(Full history to buyer) |
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| TPFW330 |
A nice pair of
slightly/somewhat damaged |
Lake Co., OR
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20.00 |
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Archaic obsidian notched
Arrowheads |
(Full history to buyer) |
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| TPFW331 |
A good pairing of slightly
damaged Archaic |
Lake Co., OR
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30.00 |
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obsidian knife blades |
(Full history to buyer) |
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| TPFW333 |
A nice diverse pairing of
two slightly damaged |
Lake Co., OR
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15.00 |
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Archaic period obsidian
arrowheads, one opaque |
(Full history to buyer) |
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black and one mousy gray. |
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| TPFW334 |
A nice offering of 3
Archaic |
Lake Co., OR
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40.00 |
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obsidian Dart points |
(Full history to buyer) |
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| BYFW8 |
A semi-translucent white
agate Rose Springs |
Offered by the original finder
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8.00 |
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Stemmed dart point from
the Developmental to |
who found this one on his
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Classic phases, between 600 and 1,600 years
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ranch in Harney Co., OR
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old. It's a bit on the thick side, and has very
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subdued flaking patterns owing to the nature of the |
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host stone, as well as to the inexperience of it's
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novice knapper. It also has a nick to the very tip |
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| SLGB20 |
A most interesting opaque
black obsidian |
Personal find from |
65.00 |
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Humbolt triangular arrowhead anciently
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the Alvord desert |
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re-worked into a drill form with a needle
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in Oregon |
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tip. Has nice oblique flaking to the median
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ridge, very thin and attractive piece
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| JCFW75 |
A most interesting opaque
black obsidian Elko Eared dart point |
Found in |
65.00 |
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having a most attractive
"tar-like" surface. It's quite sturdy, made |
Humboldt Co. NV |
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on a flake it retains slight curvature from the
original flake's form. |
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It's well worked on both faces with 2 pressure flaking
flute
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channels on the base of side A. Somehow it sustained a
lateral
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fracture from the tip of one ear as well as one corner
of one
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stem of the base. (right side in photo 2) Still an
attractive piece
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made by a knapper who knew what he was doing. |
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| JCFW78 |
A slightly broad mottled
brown chert
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Found in |
24.00 |
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Elko Wide Notched Arrowhead |
Washoe Co., NV |
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created in a somewhat fast & dirty
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fashion by a somewhat novice knapper |
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| JCFW94 |
An ultra-thin,
semi-translucent brown and white agate Eastgate |
Found in |
125.00 |
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Arrowhead, well flaked on
both faces but with patterns typical |
Churchill Co., NV |
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of an intermediate knapper. (Or just a very cautious
advanced
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knapper who was afraid of snapping this ultra-thin
piece) It has
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an old, slight lateral impact fracture to the tip
running down one
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edge for about 1/8" and a very small nick to the
center of one
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tang. Still an attractive piece showing superior
craftsmanship |
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| JCFW95 |
A very sturdy,
semi-translucent, vertically banded duo-flow
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Found in |
50.00 |
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obsidian
Humboldt Constricted Base dart point. Flaking is |
Pershing Co., NV |
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fairly thorough to both faces but in a random pattern
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indicative of a novice knapper |
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| JCFW96 |
A very Archaic
semi-translucent obsidian
Humboldt |
Found in |
125.00 |
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Constricted Base dart point well flaked on both faces by an |
Humboldt Co., NV |
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intermediate knapper. The form and patina all indicate that
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this one is an earlier example of this type. Any basal tangs
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which this one might have had were long lost in ancient times |
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| JCFW100 |
A nice, sturdy
semi-translucent obsidian
Elko Corner |
Found in |
110.00 |
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Notched Knife/Saw blade, well flaked on both faces, |
Washoe Co., NV |
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just not by a particularly accomplished knapper |
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| JCFW101 |
A good-sized opaque
obsidian
Alberta Knife blade, well |
Found in |
225.00 |
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flaked on both faces with usage wear marks to the cutting |
Churchill Co., NV |
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edges and an ancient nick to the tip. Still a pretty attractive
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piece. It has nice basal grinding as testimony to it's antiquity
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but the bottom of the base was snapped off in ancient times
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leaving a lateral shear mark to the bottom of the base. |
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| JCFW106 |
A nice mottled off-white,
gray and tan
Humboldt Constricted |
Found in |
60.00 |
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Base Blade form. It has a circular chip from the face of side |
Churchill Co., NV |
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B near the tip and the base was broken and glued about 3/8" |
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from the basal edge |
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| JCFW107 |
A very nice and quite
symmetrical semi-translucent smoky
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Found in |
125.00 |
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gray obsidian
Northern Side Notched Arrowhead made |
Churchill Co., NV |
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on a flake and retaining some curvature from the original
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flake's form. Both faces are well flaked with the exception
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of a 10% flat remaining from the original flake's surface in
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the center of the hafting area on side B |
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| JCFW108 |
A fairly sturdy, desert
polished obsidian
Elko Corner Notched |
Found in |
120.00 |
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blade form. It's well flaked on both faces with minute |
Churchill Co., NV |
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secondary pressure flaking along the curved cutting edge. |
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| JCFW110 |
A good looking, very sturdy
obsidian Cordilleran |
Found in |
225.00 |
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knife blade, well flaked
on both faces and showing |
Churchill Co., NV |
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good desert polish |
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| JCFW117 |
A fairly thin, well worked
black basalt
Wendover dart |
Found in |
110.00 |
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point/blade well flaked on
both sides, at least as well |
Washoe Co., NV |
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as basalt can be flaked.
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| BYFW5 |
A nice little group of 3
delicate |
Offered by the original finder
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45.00 |
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Rose Springs Arrowheads in |
who found these on his
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various flavors of obsidian.
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ranch in Harney Co., OR
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(details to buyer) |
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| JAFW3 |
An ultra paper-thin dark
gray dacite Elko Corner Notched Arrowhead, |
Recovered in |
175.00 |
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thoroughly flaked on side
A with a couple of small steps on knapping-resistant |
Lake Co., OR |
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areas. Side B retains a 45% flat section in the
center, just above the notches
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and stem (photo 6) from the host stone's outer layer
but the outer edges are
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well knapped. Dacite is
not an easy material to work with, so this one has the
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signature of a very advanced, if not master knapper
and despite it's somewhat
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asymmetrical appearance, this one is "all there" as it
was first made and used. |
Ex: Davidson |
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| JAFW7 |
A heavily alkali encrusted
black obsidian Humboldt Constricted Base Dart |
Recovered in |
125.00 |
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point which is thoroughly
flaked on both faces, although the flaking patterns are |
Lake Co., OR |
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somewhat "hidden" by the alkali build-up. It has 4
recent flea-bite sized surface |
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nicks to a single edge near the base (left side of
photo 4), but is otherwise
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completely intact, as it was anciently made and used.
Personally I think that the |
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alkali mineralization adds quite a bit of character to
this ancient piece. |
Stermer COA |
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| JAFW8 |
A semi-translucent obsidian
Paleo/Early Archaic Silver Lake Hafted Knife form |
Recovered in |
350.00 |
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created on a large flake
and retaining some curvature from the original flake's |
Lake Co., OR |
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form. Side A is thoroughly flaked in a mostly random
pattern fashion while side
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B retains about 60% of the original flake's flat
surface and is only pressure
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flaked on the tip, around both cutting edges and on
the base. The basal area
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has good Paleo grinding and typical obsidian stress
lines are still very evident on |
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side B's flat section. This was quite a work horse of
a blade, and it's somewhat
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"fragile" in make-up which makes me wonder how it
could have possibly
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survived the many thousands of years intact. Silver
Lake types are fairly scarce. |
Stermer COA |
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| JAFW9 |
A decent black obsidian
Archaic Fountain Bar single notched Knife form which |
Recovered in |
30.00 |
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shows flaking patterns
mostly to the edges on side B with more surface flaking |
Lake Co., OR |
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appearing on side A with the exception of an area
which retains the rough
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reddish outer cortex of the host stone. (near the base
in photo 4) The tip is |
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slightly nicked up from ancient usage and it anciently
lost the tip of the only barb |
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it had. Made by a lazy intermediate knapper who
utilized the stone's flatness left |
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from the initial percussion stage around the basal and
hafting area of side B to
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his advantage when binding this one to it's handle. A
fairly scarce item.
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Ex: Davidson |
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| JCFW119 |
A mottled gray and
off-white chert Humboldt Constricted |
Churchill Co., NV |
85.00 |
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Base dart point well
flaked on both faces by an intermediate |
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knapper, and having a vertical "dip" in the center of
side B,
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just above the hafting area left over from a
percussion flake
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in the initial knapping phases |
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| JCFW120 |
A nice medium-sized opaque
black obsidian Northern Side-notched |
Churchill Co., NV |
40.00 |
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arrowhead of the Fox Eared
variety. It's well flaked on both faces with nice |
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basal thinning but is asymmetrical from ancient
damage/salvage. It has a
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lateral nick to the tip (photos 7 & 9) and a very
small lateral fracture to the tip |
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of one barb (left side in photo 2) which follows the
entire length of the upper
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side of the hafting notch. Still not a bad looking
piece which displays well |
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| JCFW121 |
A nice semi-translucent
obsidian Elko Corner- |
Pershing Co., NV |
45.00 |
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notched arrowhead, well
flaked on both faces by |
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an intermediate knapper and having a couple of
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small steps on side B just above the hafting area.
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| JCFW123 |
A pretty nice
semi-translucent slightly diagonally banded |
Churchill Co., NV |
75.00 |
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obsidian Humboldt Basal
Notched blade form. It's pretty |
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much "all there" as it was anciently used, although it
has a
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couple of retouch flakes to one cutting edge which
gave a
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concave section to one cutting edge. (left edge in
photo 2) |
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Flaking patterns are thorough by an advanced knapper |
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| JCFW127 |
A very slender, well worked
and well made opaque black |
Pershing Co., NV |
65.00 |
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obsidian Humboldt
Constricted Base dart point which |
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anciently lost the tip of one ear. Flaking patterns
are thorough |
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and well done on both faces by an experienced knapper |
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| BYFW9 |
A jet black obsidian
Eastgate Arrowhead |
Offered by the original finder
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SOLD |
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from the Developmental to
Classic phases, |
who found this one on his
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12/6 |
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between 400 and 1,500 years old. It was
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ranch in Harney Co., OR
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created from an inferior, flake-resistant
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(details to buyer) |
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host stone by a beginner knapper who left
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"steps" on side A and did very little
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pressure flaking to the surface of side B |
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| BYFW11 |
A nice pair of opaque black
obsidian |
Offered by the original finder
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25.00 |
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Arrowheads, one a Rose
Springs Side Notched |
who found this one on his
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(Left side) from the Developmental to Classic
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ranch in Harney Co., OR
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phases, between 600 and 1,600 years old and the |
(details to buyer) |
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other (right side) a Pinto Basin from the Archaic
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period, between 2,650 and 8,000 years old |
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| JCFW69 |
A nice glossy black dacite
Elko Split |
Found in |
40.00 |
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Stem arrowhead well flaked
on both |
Pershing Co., NV |
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faces but having a "hooked tip" from
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an overly aggressive pressure flake
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| TPGB83 |
A semi-translucent smoky
gray obsidian |
Lake Co., OR
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12.00 |
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Rose Springs stemmed arrowhead. |
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Flaking patterns are thorough but |
Full history |
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amateurish and it has a nick to one tang |
to buyer |
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| TPGB85 |
A very small grayish-black
obsidian |
Lake Co., OR
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10.00 |
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birdpoint arrowhead having
a spider |
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1/29
ON-HOLD
un |
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bite to the tip, and one missing
tang. |
Full history |
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Originally a well-made piece. |
to buyer |
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| TPGB86 |
A very small and delicate
black obsidian Rose |
Lake Co., OR
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20.00 |
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Springs stemmed birdpoint
arrowhead made |
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on a small flake and
retaining 80% of the |
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original flake's surface on side
B. Side A is |
Full history |
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thoroughly flaked. It has a nick to each tang. |
to buyer |
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| TPGB90 |
A semi-translucent smoky
gray obsidian |
Lake Co., OR
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12.00 |
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Rose Springs stemmed
arrowhead. |
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Thoroughly flaked on both
sides but having a |
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nick to the tip and one tang.
Still a neat little |
Full history |
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point... they don't get any smaller than this ! |
to buyer |
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| JCFW76 |
A semi-translucent, vaguely
diagonally banded |
Found in |
30.00 |
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heavily patinated obsidian
Wendover |
Pershing Co., NV |
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Arrowhead. It's fairly well flaked on both faces
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and shows pleasant weathering to side A. Side
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B retains a 10% flat area from the original flake's |
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surface, shown to the right side of photo 6. |
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| JCFW80 |
A very nice translucent
obsidian Humboldt |
Found in |
75.00 |
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Basal Notched Dart point
well flaked on |
Pershing Co. NV |
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both faces by an advanced knapper and
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having a slight ancient nick to the tip |
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| JCFW81 |
A sturdy translucent
obsidian
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Found in |
40.00 |
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Elko Split Stem dart point |
Churchill Co. NV |
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fairly well flaked on both faces |
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| JCFW82 |
A most interesting opaque
black obsidian Beaver-tailed |
Found in |
150.00 |
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Parman dart point, made on
a large flake and retaining |
Churchill Co. NV |
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50% of the original flake's flat surface on side B.
Side A
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is thoroughly flaked. It shows traces of having been
used |
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as a knife blade and retains a small flat section from
the
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original striking platform on the bottom of the base. |
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| JCFW97 |
A fairly thin opaque
obsidian
Northern Side Notched |
Found in |
20.00 |
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Arrowhead having an ancient clip to one side of the base. |
Churchill Co., NV |
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Flaking patterns are of the fast & dirty type, although it has 2 |
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nice pressure flaking flute channels from the base on one side |
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| JCFW102 |
A fairly crude iridescent
silver-black dacite
Northern |
Found in |
22.00 |
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Side Notched arrowhead, crudely flaked with heavy |
Pershing Co., NV |
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desert polish to it's surfaces |
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| JCFW109 |
A fairly large, meaty smoky
gray obsidian |
Found in |
150.00 |
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Humboldt Triangular Knife
blade form, crudely |
Pershing Co., NV |
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flaked on both faces and showing river polish |
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| JCFW113 |
Now this goofy little point
has a lot of character. A semi- |
Found in |
40.00 |
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translucent, fairly thin,
vaguely diagonally banded obsidian |
Churchill Co., NV |
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Rose Springs Side Notched dart point thoroughly flaked
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on both faces, although side B is "flat". It has a
flea bite to |
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the very tip, but is otherwise "all there" as it was
made.
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| JCFW115 |
A fairly meaty mousy gray
obsidian Rose Springs |
Found in |
35.00 |
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Side Notched arrowhead
created by a novice |
Churchill Co., NV |
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knapper who didn't cover his percussion flake scars
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very well with follow-up percussion finish |
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| TPGB68 |
An interesting opaque black
obsidian |
Lake Co., OR
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12.00 |
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Buchanan "used to have"
eared |
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arrowhead. Both ears are
gone and it has |
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a nick to the tip. What is
interesting about |
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this one, is the flaking patterns
which |
Full history |
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travel to a median ridge on BOTH sides ! |
to buyer |
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Price |
| TPGB69 |
A fairly thick
semi-translucent obsidian Elko eared |
Lake Co., OR
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10.00 |
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arrowhead which appears to
have been salvaged |
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(possibly more than once)
after sustaining an |
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impact fracture. It has a
slight "step" on once face |
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from the impact/salvage
phase. One tang was |
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anciently "worked off" while the
other tang is |
Full history |
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chipped. An interesting study of a point well used. |
to buyer |
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| TPGB70 |
A sturdy black obsidian
Elko split-stem |
Lake Co., OR
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15.00 |
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arrowhead showing damage to
one tang |
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(which just isn't there anymore)
as well as |
Full history |
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to one ear of the split stem. |
to buyer |
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Price |
| BYFW14 |
An opaque black obsidian
Desert Sierra |
Offered by the original finder
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14.00 |
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Arrowhead from the Classic
through |
who found this one on his
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Historic phases, between 200 and 700
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ranch in Harney Co., OR
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years old. Flaking is thorough to both
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(details to buyer) |
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faces, although it does have slight
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ancient nicks to the barbs, tip and both
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corners of the base. Priced accordingly |
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| BYFW12 |
An odd-couple pairing of
obsidian dart points, one |
Offered by the original finder
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22.00 |
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a Rose Springs Corner
Notched (Right side) from |
who found these on his
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the Developmental to Classic phases, between
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ranch in Harney Co., OR
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600 and 1,600 years old and the other (left side) a |
(details to buyer) |
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Cascade from the Early Archaic period between
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4,000 and 8,000 years old. A nice contrast of
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stone age technology across many periods. |
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| BWFW4 |
A nicely weathered opaque
black obsidian |
Recovered from
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120.00 |
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Cascade Knife Blade. It's
quite broad and |
the Modoc Area
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shows mostly percussion flaking to both
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in Northern CA
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faces with more detailed pressure flaking |
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to the edges, which is slightly subdued,
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most likely as a result of desert polishing |
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| BWFW6 |
A very unusual and quite
slender for type, |
Recovered in |
75.00 |
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black obsidian Archaic
Cascade Knife |
Klamath, OR |
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blade. It is thoroughly flaked on both
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faces with very attractive patination on
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side B and a small usage wear section to
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one edge at the centerline of the blade
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Stermer COA |
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| DAFW665 |
An attractive horizontally
banded |
Fort Rock, OR |
30.00 |
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obsidian hafted oval knife
blade/scraper. |
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The basal stem is anciently broken off.
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Still a good looking piece |
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| DAFW676 |
A nice yellowish-tan and
light |
Malheur Co., OR |
50.00 |
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brown agate Atlatl Valley |
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Triangular dart point |
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