Ancient Native American Indian Artifacts, Relics and Arrowheads

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Indian arrowheads and other ancient relics from

the Far Western regions which includes the Great Basin

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Item:	Type: Agatized wood Triangular Knife Blade	Provenance:	Price
DAFW1	A highly unusual multi-colored, vertically banded petrified wood	Recovered from	750.00
	Triangular Knife blade in a very respectable size. This one is in	Pasco, WA
	perfect condition, as it was made and used long ago.	Stermer COA

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Item:	Type: Rose Springs Corner Notched Arrowhead	Provenance:	Price
RCFW224	A pretty well chopped-up moonstone agate Rose Springs Corner Notched	From the George & Beth Miller collection.	20.00
	Arrowhead which was probably very beautiful when it was first made. It has	The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in
	a full facial lateral shear from the tip of side A which extends almost to the	Modoc County, California, Oregon and
	horizontal centerline. It's a delicate piece in the rough and priced accordingly	Churchill County, Nevada.
		From our experience with artifacts from
	Era: Developmental to Classic Phase - 600 to 1600 years old	these areas, we judge this one to be from
	Details about the George & Beth Miller collection	Southern Oregon

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFFW22	A very nice semi-translucent Windust Dart point, well flaked on both	Recovered from	225.00
	faces in a random pattern by an experienced knapper. It has good	Lake Co., OR
	mineralization, patina and alkali deposits as a testimony to it's antiquity.	Stermer COA

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFFW23	A semi-translucent obsidian Parman Dart point having thorough flaking	Recovered from	75.00
	patterns on both faces with good basal grinding and mineralization.	Lake Co., OR
	The surfaces show river polished or weathered sections.	Stermer COA

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCFW56	A very well formed, vaguely diagonally banded semi-	Recovered in	175.00
	translucent smoky gray obsidian Cascade Saw/Blade	Humboldt Co., NV
	form. It's well flaked on both faces by a fairly advanced
	knapper with a median ridge on each face. The bottom
	of the stem is flat from the original striking platform and
	it's "all there" as originally made. A very nice piece

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
FW24	A slightly under-sized gray-black	Found in	40.00
	obsidian Excelsior blade fairly well	Napa Co., CA
	flaked on both faces, with a small
	section of the original striking platform
	on the base and a few shallow ledges
	to the left of center on side A

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Item:	Type: Rose Springs Corner Notched Arrowhead	Provenance:	Price
RCFW154	A SPECTACULAR translucent, diagonally banded	From the George & Beth Miller collection.	125.00
	tri-flow obsidian Rose Springs Corner Notched	The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in
	Arrowhead. This one is very thin and thoroughly	Modoc County, California and Churchill
	flaked on both faces. It's comprised of clear, black	County, Nevada as well as in Oregon.
	and mahogany obsidian and is just a wicked little	From our experience with
	piece! It appears to be "all there"	artifacts from these areas, we judge this one
	Era: Developmental to Classic Phase	to be from Northern Central Oregon near the
	600 to 1600 years old	Columbia River region

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Item:	Type: Elko Corner Notched Arrowhead	Provenance:	Price
RCFW155	A VERY THIN semi-translucent, somewhat opalescent	From the George & Beth Miller collection.	130.00
	obsidian Elko Corner notched Arrowhead. This one is quite	The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in
	broad for the type, with an asymmetrical base, as it was made	Modoc County, California and Churchill
	Flaking patterns are very thorough on both faces and were	County, Nevada as well as in Oregon.
	made by a near-master knapper. Overall an exceptional piece.	From our experience with
		artifacts from these areas, we judge this one
	Era: Archaic through Developmental Phase	to be from SE Oregon, most likely from
	1200 to 3500 years old	the Crump Lake area.

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Item:	Type: Northern Side Notch Arrowhead	Provenance:	Price
RCFW156	A very thin jet black obsidian Northern Side-	From the George & Beth Miller collection.	125.00
	notched Arrowhead, thoroughly flaked on both	The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in
	faces by a very advanced, near-master knapper.	Modoc County, California and Churchill
		County, Nevada as well as in Oregon.
	Era: Archaic - 3,000 to 9,000 years old	From our experience with
		artifacts from these areas, we judge this one
		to be from SE Oregon

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Item:	Type: Rose Springs	Provenance:	Price
RCFW157	A paper-thin, small and delicate fully translucent, opalescent	From the George & Beth Miller collection.	30.00
	obsidian Rose Springs Corner Notched Arrowhead made on a	The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in
	flake. It's well flaked on both faces by a near-master knapper	Modoc County, California and Churchill
	who left sections near the stem un-knapped and flat, from the	County, Nevada as well as in Oregon.
	original flake's surface in order to facilitate good hafting to an	From our experience with
	arrowshaft. The very tip is missing and it has a slight clip to one	artifacts from these areas, we judge this one
	barb, which accounts for the bargain price of this jewel.	to be from North Central Oregon
	Era: Developmental to Classic Phase - 600 to 1600 years old

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Item:	Type: Cottonwood Triangular Dart Point	Provenance:	Price
RCFW158	A very attractive (and quite small) translucent	From the George & Beth Miller collection.	40.00
	honey colored agate Cottonwood triangular dart	The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in
	point, made on a flake and retaining 40% of the	Modoc County, California and Churchill
	original flake's flat surface on side B, as well as a	County, Nevada. From our experience with
	"bowed" form from the original flake.	artifacts from these areas, we judge this one
	Era: Developmental to Historic Phase	to be from Churchill Co., NV
	200 to 1100 years old

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Item:	Type: Cottonwood Triangular Arrowhead	Provenance:	Price
RCFW159	An ultra-thin and beautiful red mahogany obsidian	From the George & Beth Miller collection.	65.00
	Cottonwood Triangular Dart point, thoroughly flaked	The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in
	on both faces with 2 pressure flutes from the base on	Modoc County, California and Churchill
	side A, obviously created by a master knapper.	County, Nevada. From our experience with
	Era: Developmental to Historic Phase	artifacts from these areas, we judge this one
	200 to 1100 years old	to be from SE Oregon

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VAFW1	A bit of a stubby semi-translucent Archaic Cascade Knife form	Offered by original	40.00
	which is well flaked on both faces by an intermediate knapper and	finder’s family members,
	which shows signs of being anciently resharpened almost to the	found in Crook Co., OR
	point of exhaustion by it's ancient maker-user. Not a bad piece.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VAFW2	A nice, broad black obsidian Archaic bi-pointed Cascade Trade Blank which	Offered by original	200.00
	was obviously used as a Knife blade in it's present form. It retains much of the	finder’s family members,
	cursory direct percussion trimming-flaking patterns on both surfaces with	found in Harney Co., OR
	intricate secondary pressure flaking patterns along selected sections of it's
	cutting edges. A most interesting example of a "tool in transition".		dlft

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VAFW4	A well worked-down semi-translucent black obsidian Elko Corner	Offered by original	35.00
	Notched Arrowhead. It's well flaked on both faces in a cruder	finder’s family members,
	random fashion and has a single ancient nick to the edge of the base.	found in Crook Co., OR
	Still a piece that I would consider to be a worthy find in the field.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VAFW6	A nice, somewhat small (for type) semi-translucent obsidian Parman	Offered by original	45.00
	Dart point which is well flaked on both faces by a well-seasoned	finder’s family members,
	knapper. It has an ancient nick to one side at the bottom edge of the	found in Crook Co., OR
	base and the tip is quite rustic. Still not a bad example of this early
	Archaic artifact.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VAFW7	A very sturdy well made and long used black obsidian Parman Knife	Offered by original	150.00
	form, well flaked on both faces by a very experienced knapper and	finder’s family members,
	showing typical asymmetrical edges from many ancient resharpenings.	found in Crook Co., OR
	The tip shows anciently use-damage, which apparently didn't hinder it's
	general functioning. Just a great piece for you knife collectors out there.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
SLFW3	A very attractive opaque black obsidian	Offered by the finder	260.00
	serrated Fox Ear arrowhead, thoroughly	who recovered this one
	flaked on both faces and having nice	in the Alvord Desert in
	caliche and mineral deposits on side A	Harney Co., OR

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCFW129	A fairly thin and slender brown jasper Gatecliff	Pershing Co., NV	45.00
	dart point having tannic staining on it's lower
	half. It lost one barb in ancient times, but is still
	a respectable and well made piece

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCFW131	A medium-sized smoky gray patinated obsidian	Churchill Co., NV	65.00
	Elko Split-stem Arrowhead. It has an ancient
	clip to the corner of one stem but is otherwise
	intact with very fine edge serrations.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCFW132	An asymmetrical (as anciently formed) black	Churchill Co., NV	65.00
	obsidian Northern Side-notched Arrowhead
	of the Fox-eared variety. Just a nice piece
	with a very sharp needle tip

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCFW133	A most interesting, slightly undersized (for type) gray obsidian Humboldt	Pershing Co., NV	120.00
	Constricted Base dart point having very nice edge serrations. It's heavily
	river polished and the thorough flaking patterns are somewhat subdued
	from the river polish. It has a small flea bite to the very tip of one ear,
	but is otherwise completely intact as made and anciently used.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCFW134	A medium-sized duo-flow obsidian Humboldt Constricted-base	Churchill Co., NV	130.00
	Knife form, well flaked on both faces and well used, but having a
	diagonal dip in the center of side B (photo 4) either from a
	percussion flake or from the original form of the host stone. One
	ear was anciently lost. Still an interesting piece which has a vertical
	band of clear obsidian comprising 25% of it's overall width

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCFW135	A fairly thin, extremely well flaked on both faces semi-	Churchill Co., NV	85.00
	translucent duo-flow obsidian Elko Split-stem Arrowhead
	having slight diagonal banding. The tip shows ancient re-
	sharpening which is quite asymmetrical, but the caliche
	deposits on the flaked area of the tip show that it was
	anciently worked this way. An exceptional piece

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCFW139	A fairly thin, semi-translucent horizontal duo-flow obsidian	Churchill Co., NV	35.00
	Humboldt Constricted base dart point which is missing the
	base and has a clip to the tip. It's well flaked on both faces and
	because of the ancient damage, has been priced accordingly

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCFW141	A fairly thick and quite crude mottled red and burgundy jasper	Pershing Co., NV	35.00
	Humboldt Constricted base Knife form. It has heavy desert
	polish and is quite an interesting study for it's crudeness alone

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCFW146	A semi-translucent rootbeer agate Paleo Crescent which also has	Humboldt Co., NV	45.00
	white "cherty" sections from the cortex of the original host stone.
	Flaking patterns are mediocre, and one working end is totally
	chopped up, I'm almost embarrassed to list this one, but since it's
	a Paleo piece, it squeaked through and is priced accordingly

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW28	A very well made opaque black obsidian Excelsior	Napa Co., CA	250.00
	Knife form. It has remnants of a single percussion
	flake running vertically just above and just below
	the hafting line. The remaining surfaces of this
	beauty are thoroughly and intricately pressure
	flaked. It shows traits of left-hand beveling from
	ancient resharpenings. Just an outstanding piece.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW29	A somewhat "stubby" opaque black obsidian Excelsior Knife	Napa Co., CA	65.00
	form which was anciently resharpened down to the point of
	almost being converted to a drill form. It has a spider bite to
	the tip, but is otherwise intact as it was used long ago.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW30	A well worked-down opaque black obsidian Excelsior Knife	Napa Co., CA	50.00
	form which was anciently resharpened down to the point of
	almost being converted to a drill form. It has a spider bite to
	the tip, but is otherwise intact as it was used long ago.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW32	An opaque black obsidian mostly uni-faced, stemmed "Humpie"	Napa Co., CA	65.00
	Knife/Side-scraper combination tool. It has some ancient
	chipping to the tip, but is otherwise in good shape. (Humpies are
	documented with Paleo discoveries at Tulare Lake in many
	publications, although this particular piece is from a much later
	time era, coeval with Stockton and Excelsior types.)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW33	A bi-facially worked gray obsidian Humpie Knife/side-scraper	Napa Co., CA	45.00
	combination tool. Humpies are normally uni-faced tools, so this
	one is unusual from the standpoint of being bi-facially worked.
	The flaking patterns on this piece aren't very remarkable, and
	appear to have been made in a hurried fashion

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW34	A fairly small (for type) somewhat thick opaque black	Napa Co., CA	50.00
	obsidian Humboldt Triangular dart point. It's thoroughly
	flaked on both faces but has a nick to one ear of the base.
	It shows nice, somewhat shallow serrations to it's edges.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW35	A well worked-down opaque black obsidian	Napa Co., CA	65.00
	Excelsior Knife form which was anciently
	resharpened down to the point of being
	converted to a dangerous Dart form.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW36	A somewhat stubby semi-translucent	Napa Co., CA	25.00
	Excelsior Dart created by a novice knapper

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW37	A very worked-down opaque, diagonally banded gray	Napa Co., CA	30.00
	and black obsidian Saw having nice serrated edges but
	overall flaking is by a novice knapper. An interesting piece

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW38	An opaque black obsidian Cascade hafted	Napa Co., CA	25.00
	Knife form having an ancient nick to the tip

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW39	A nice pair of obsidian pieces, one a Cottonwood	Napa Co., CA	35.00
	Triangle dart point, the other a worked-down
	Plateau Pentagonal Knife form. Both are well
	made pieces each one having a nick to their tips.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW40	A highly unusual iridescent gray obsidian	Napa Co., CA	40.00
	Humboldt Basal Notched Dart point, well flaked
	on both faces but having ancient nicks to each
	ear of the base. Quite an unusual host material

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW41	A very well used opaque black obsidian	Napa Co., CA	30.00
	Humboldt Saw/Knife form showing ancient usage
	nicks to the tip and a lateral shear to one edge at
	the base, which took out the basal ear on that side

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW43	A fairly slender (for type) semi-translucent	Napa Co., CA	30.00
	obsidian Nightfire arrowhead created by a
	novice knapper

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
BYFW7	An almost translucent, slightly opalescent white	Offered by the original finder	50.00
	agate Rose Springs Corner-notched arrowhead	who found this one on his
	from the Developmental to Classic phases,	ranch in Harney Co., OR
	between 600 and 1,600 years old. It's well	(details to buyer)
	flaked on both faces by an intermediate knapper.
	The stem is totally intact, as made but it has a
	slight ancient nick just above one of the barbs.
	Still a superior specimen.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFFW18	An interesting black obsidian Quarry Blank	Modoc Co., CA	35.00
	from the Archaic period. It has the typical quarry
	blank flaking patterns with heavy alkali
	encrustation, most likely left from hundreds of
	years of sitting in a dried-up lakebed. It appears to
	have been used as a knife blade in it's current state.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFFW19	A triangular opaque black obsidian Archaic Quarry	Modoc Co., CA	30.00
	Blank which has nice pressure flaking to the edges
	indicating that it was utilized as a knife blade in the interim

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFFW20	A pretty nice and well aged Early Archaic obsidian Cascade Knife Blade	Modoc Co., CA	110.00
	which was made on a HUGE flake. It has a few slight ledges on side A, but
	is overall very well made by an advanced knapper who worked the sections
	he needed at the time. The knapper definitely left his advanced "signature"
	with the intricate edgework on both faces. The base is a little irregular and it
	has a few recent edge nicks from improper storage. Still a very worthy and
	old artifact which would make a great centerpiece in a Far West collection.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
SWFW3	A fairly nice very light gray chert early Archaic Cascade	Found near Bay Center,	40.00
	Knife blade which is well flaked on both faces with	Pacific Co., WA
	good mineralization and an overall river polished surface

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
SLFW5	A nice Northern Side-notched Fox Ear	Found by the seller in	215.00
	obsidian arrowhead, fairly thin with	Owhyee Co., ID
	thorough flaking patterns on both faces
	and a spider bite to the tip. Additionally
	it has nice frosty patina on side B

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
SLFW6	A paper-thin purplish-burgundy chert Eastgate	Found by the seller in	215.00
	arrowhead having very thorough and intricate	Owhyee Co., ID
	flaking patterns to both faces and just a great
	overall classic form. It's "almost" perfect with
	the exception of a small ancient dip to one edge
	at the centerline, which appears to have been
	caused by an overly aggressive pressure flake.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MBFW96	A most interesting horizontally banded	Undocumented but	50.00
	mahogany and black obsidian duo-flow	most likely Oregon
	Elko Eared dart point having good
	flaking patterns to both faces and an
	unfortunate clip to one tang. It also has
	a very sharp needle-tip	Ex: Daryl Baker

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
BYFW2	A good-sized and quite sturdy opaque black obsidian	Offered by the original finder	35.00
	Chilcotin Plateau Knife blade. Side A's surface is well	who found this one on his
	flaked in a random fashion, while side B only has	ranch in Harney Co., OR
	secondary pressure flaking to the edges and around	(details to buyer)
	the tip. It has ancient nicks to both barbs and one
	corner of the base was also anciently nicked off. Still
	an interesting piece for it's form, from the Early
	Archaic period, between 5,000 and 8,000 years old

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
BYFW3	An extremely well-made opaque black obsidian Gatecliff	Offered by the original finder	40.00
	Knife form from the middle to late Archaic period, between	who found this one on his
	3,000 to 5,000 years old. Flaking patterns are very	ranch in Harney Co., OR
	thorough to both faces, executed by an advanced knapper.	(details to buyer)
	The end of the base was unfortunately snapped off in
	ancient times. Still quite a striking piece for it's antiquity.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
GBFW34	A fairly nice obsidian Excelsior blade	Recovered in	110.00
	showing percussion flaking to both	Lake Co., OR
	faces and secondary pressure flaking
	around all edges. It appears to have
	been made by an intermediate knapper
	and displays slight river polish

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
GBFW38	A very nice gray mouse obsidian	Recovered in	45.00
	Buchanan Eared blade which was	Sacramento Co., CA
	anciently re-sharpened almost to the
	point of taking on a drill-form. It has
	nice oblique transverse flaking
	patterns on both faces, a slight nick to
	the tip and 1 anciently sheared auricle

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MMFW18	A very nice, fairly thin semi-translucent	From an older collection	35.00
	smoky gray obsidian Humboldt Constricted	which was recovered from
	Base dart point. It's fairly well flaked on both	Modoc Co., CA and
	faces by an intermediate knapper	Washoe Co., NV
		Ex: Thelma Billman

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