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Type: Eastgate Split Stem Knife Form
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An attractive translucent moonstone agate with slight
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From the George & Beth Miller collection.
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30.00
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brown diagonal banding Eastgate Split-stem Knife Form
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The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in
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having somewhat sparse flaking patterns, mostly around
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Modoc County, California, Oregon and
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the cutting edges on both faces. Both basal stems have
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Churchill County, Nevada.
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ancient knicks, which essentially left little of these stems
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From our experience with artifacts from
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Era: Developmental to Classic Phase 400 to 1500 years old
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these areas, we judge this one to be from
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Details about the George & Beth Miller collection
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Churchill County, Nevada
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Type: Cascade Dart Point
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RCFW220
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A most attractive mottled blue and gray flint (petrified
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From the George & Beth Miller collection.
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85.00
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wood?) Cascade Dart point which is well flaked on
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The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in
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both faces with a darker patina on side B.
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Modoc County, California, Oregon and
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Churchill County, Nevada.
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From our experience with artifacts from
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Era: Archaic Period - 4,000 to 8,000 years old
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these areas, we judge this one to be from
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Churchill County, Nevada
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Type: Hafted Arrow Shaft Scraper
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RCFW221
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Now some unscrupulous sellers would try to classify this one as an "Eccentric" in an attempt
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From the George & Beth Miller collection.
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85.00
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to inflate this artifact's price by mis-representing it's "type" (Snake Effigy... I don't think so) In
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The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in
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all reality, I think that this one is simply a hafted Arrow Shaft Scraping tool, albeit a very
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Modoc County, California, Oregon and
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interesting one. This piece is made from a vaguely banded blue and black obsidian and is
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Churchill County, Nevada.
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thoroughly flaked on both faces in a mostly random pattern and is quite unique in it's own right
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From our experience with artifacts from
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Era: Archaic Period - 5,000 to 7,000 years old
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these areas, we judge this one to be from
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Details about the George & Beth Miller collection
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South Eastern Oregon
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Type: Cottonwood Leaf Dart Point
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RCFW222
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A semi-translucent golden-brown jasper/agate Cottonwood
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From the George & Beth Miller collection.
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35.00
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Leaf Dart point which was made on a flake and retains 20% of
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The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in
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the original flake's flat surface running vertically on side B. Side
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Modoc County, California, Oregon and
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A is well flaked with only a slight flat, un-worked section.
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Churchill County, Nevada.
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From our experience with artifacts from
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Era: Developmental to Historic phase - 200 to 1100 years old
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Churchill County, Nevada
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| 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 |
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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| 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 |
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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| TGRFW22 |
A very nicely made and quite attractive light brown banded Monterey chert Malaga |
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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 |
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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| 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. |
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| DFFW21 |
A very nice, somewhat iridescent gray-black obsidian |
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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. |
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| DFFW24 |
A very interesting and quite unique diagonally banded light gray |
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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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| VAFT3 |
A snow-white chalcedony-chert Archaic Cascade Knife blade |
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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 |
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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| MMFW48 |
A very small (for type) and well formed semi-translucent black obsidian |
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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. |
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| 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 |
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! |
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| 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) |
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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| BYFW8 |
A semi-translucent white agate Rose Springs |
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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 |
ranch in Harney Co., OR |
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old. It's a bit on the thick side, and has very |
(details to buyer) |
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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 |
the Alvord desert |
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re-worked into a drill form with a needle |
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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A most interesting opaque black obsidian Elko Eared dart point |
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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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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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An ultra-thin, semi-translucent brown and white agate Eastgate |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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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A nice mottled off-white, gray and tan Humboldt Constricted |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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An ultra paper-thin dark gray dacite Elko Corner Notched Arrowhead, |
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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. |
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| JAFW7 |
A heavily alkali encrusted black obsidian Humboldt Constricted Base Dart |
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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. |
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| JAFW8 |
A semi-translucent obsidian Paleo/Early Archaic Silver Lake Hafted Knife form |
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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. |
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| JAFW9 |
A decent black obsidian Archaic Fountain Bar single notched Knife form which |
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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. |
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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| 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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| BYFW11 |
A nice pair of opaque black obsidian |
Offered by the original finder |
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 |
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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| JCFW76 |
A semi-translucent, vaguely diagonally banded |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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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| BYFW14 |
An opaque black obsidian Desert Sierra |
Offered by the original finder |
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 |
ranch in Harney Co., OR |
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years old. Flaking is thorough to both |
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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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| 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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