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| TPFW107 |
A white quartzite Rose
Springs |
Lake Co., OR
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20.00 |
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Corner Notched arrowhead
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having a pinkish hue |
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| TPFW139 |
A fairly slender obsidian
Cascade |
Lake Co., OR
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18.00 |
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dart point which retains a
flat 20% |
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section of the host stone's rind on
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side A, just to the right of the vertical
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centerline (photos 1,2 and 5) |
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| TPFW140 |
A nicked-up (tip and base) |
Lake Co., OR
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15.00 |
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obsidian Cascade
Shouldered |
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dart point having flaking to a
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median ridge on side A |
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| TPFW142 |
A fairly sturdy, slightly
serrated semi- |
Lake Co., OR
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24.00 |
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translucent Cascade blade
which |
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appears to have sustained ancient
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damage to the base which was
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somewhat salvaged in ancient times |
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| JCFW56 |
A very well formed, vaguely
diagonally banded semi- |
Recovered in
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175.00 |
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translucent smoky gray
obsidian Cascade Saw/Blade |
Humboldt Co., NV |
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form. It's well flaked on both faces by a fairly
advanced |
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knapper with a median ridge on each face. The bottom |
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of the stem is flat from the original striking
platform and
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it's "all there" as originally made. A very nice piece |
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| JCFW58 |
A very sexy, nicely desert
polished opaque black obsidian |
Recovered in
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250.00 |
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Humboldt Constricted Base
dart point. It has nice parallel oblique |
Pershing Co., NV |
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flaking patterns to a median ridge on side A and side
B is equally
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well flaked by a very advanced knapper. It has what
appears to |
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be a nick to one edge at the centerline (left side in
photo 2) but
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under microscopic examination it was determined to
simply be a |
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slight dig caused by an overly aggressive pressure
flaking attempt. |
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It's "all there" as it was made and is a very
attractive piece |
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| TPFW150 |
A very unusual black
obsidian Cascade |
Lake Co., OR
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35.00 |
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knife having a crescent
form and |
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diagonal gray banding. It's thoroughly
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flaked on both faces, just not by a
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particularly advanced knapper |
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| TPFW152 |
An interesting
semi-translucent |
Lake Co., OR
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30.00 |
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obsidian Cascade blade
which has two |
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larger flakes removed from side B just
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above the base and which appear to
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be the start of adding notches to this
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piece, most likely by a later culture |
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| BDFW1 |
A fairly nice mottled gray
and off- |
Found in
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30.00 |
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white chert Cottonwood
Leaf, most |
Navajo Co., AZ |
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likely used as a mini-saw blade
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judging from the worn serrations
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| JCFW66 |
WOW!... Now this one's been
well-used and worked |
Recovered in
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175.00 |
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down QUITE a bit in
ancient times. A pretty mottled blue |
Churchill Co., NV |
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chert Archaic hafted Knife form well flaked on both
faces
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and having a diagonal crystal inclusion on the bulbous
base |
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which weathered away. It has nice desert polishing |
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| DFFW6 |
A very meaty opaque
obsidian Cascade knife form, |
Found in Lake Co., OR,
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100.00 |
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well flaked on both faces
but having a slight stack to |
from an older 1960's collection |
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the right edge of side A at the centerline. (Photos
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1,2,3,5 and 8) It has a couple of nicks to one edge
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from improper storage. (Photo 6) Still a decent piece |
Stermer COA |
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| DFFW8 |
A very meaty opaque
obsidian |
Found in Lake Co., OR,
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100.00 |
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Humboldt Constricted base
Knife form |
from an older 1960's collection |
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| DFFW12 |
A fairly thin and quite
flat Lake Mohave dart |
Found in Burns, OR, from
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85.00 |
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point having a scarce
chisel tip. The base is |
an older 1960's collection |
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truncated, but it has nice thorough flaking
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patterns with minute right hand bevel-style
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pressure flaking
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Stermer COA |
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| TPFW321 |
A nice pair of obsidian
Cascade blades having |
Lake Co., OR
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40.00 |
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slight damage and one uni-faced
obsidian flake |
(Full history to buyer) |
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Knife blade (Lower left corner in photo 1) |
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| DAFW484 |
A nice group of 3 varied
arrowheads |
Warner Valley, OR |
All 3 for 65.00 |
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| MHFW1070 |
A nice off-white chert |
Recovered in |
12.00 |
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Humboldt-type dart point |
Churchill Co., NV
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having thin reddish-brown
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by L.L. Valdivia |
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veins |
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| MHFW1071 |
A semi-translucent black
obsidian Rose |
Recovered in |
20.00 |
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Springs Corner-notched
arrowhead well |
Churchill Co., NV
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flaked on side A by a (barely)
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by L.L. Valdivia |
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intermediate knapper, but retaining about
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50% of the surface of an earlier
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percussion flake on side B. It also has a
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spider bite to the very tip |
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| MHFW860 |
A yummy, very light orange
and tan chert |
Humboldt Co., NV |
45.00 |
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Gypsum Cave knife form,
anciently |
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re-sharpened to the point of removing all
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traces of it's tangs. Flaking patterns are |
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pretty thorough, although not really in any |
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exceptional pattern. Just a nice and very |
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old work-horse piece which displays well |
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| JCFW67 |
A most unusual, fairly
broad (for type) black obsidian |
Recovered in
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175.00 |
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Humboldt Constricted Base
dart point made on a large flake. |
Washoe Co., NV |
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Side A is thoroughly and expertly flaked while less
attention
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was given to side B by the ancient knapper who left 2
areas
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originally percussion flaked as well as one 5% section
of the
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original flake's surface unworked. (Photo 4) It has a
spider
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bite to the tip, but is otherwise "all there" as it
was made |
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| TPGB76 |
A dark obsidian pin-stemmed
perforating |
Lake Co., OR
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22.00 |
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tool which has flaking to a
steep median |
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ridge on side A, and lacks
flaking in the |
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center of side B in the
"non-working" area. |
Full history |
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An interesting and different item. |
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| FW10 |
An extremely worked-down
gray |
Found in |
6.00 |
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mouse obsidian Cascade
blade which |
Napa Co., CA |
10/22
ON-HOLD |
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was converted to a probable Graver
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| FW28 |
A blue-gray dacite Stemmed
Drill which |
Found in |
14.00 |
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was probably the result of
working down |
Napa Co., CA |
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a fuller knife blade form. It has flaking to
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a median ridge on both faces and is not a |
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half bad piece, although it appears to
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have an ancient shear to the very tip |
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| FW29 |
A nicely made opaque black
obsidian |
Found in |
40.00 |
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Excelsior knife blade,
thoroughly flaked |
Napa Co., CA |
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with remnants of the original striking
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platform on the end of the base. The
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point of the tip was slightly, anciently
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blunted from use |
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| MMFW17 |
A nice trio of 2 black
obsidian Cascade dart |
From an older collection |
50.00 |
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points, with one Cascade
era hafted |
which was recovered from
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knife/saw blade (center of photo 1) which has |
Modoc Co., CA and
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good alkali deposits on side B as a testimony
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Washoe Co., NV
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to it's great antiquity. A great starter set. |
Ex: Thelma Billman |
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| MMFW20 |
A nice pair of slightly
damaged Archaic semi- |
From an older collection |
25.00 |
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translucent obsidian dart
points. A great starter set. |
which was recovered from
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Modoc Co., CA and
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Washoe Co., NV
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Ex: Thelma Billman |
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| MMFW22 |
A nice pair of
well-weathered, desert |
From an older collection |
40.00 |
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polished obsidian Buchanan
Eared dart |
which was recovered from
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points in slightly better than average grade |
Modoc Co., CA and
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Washoe Co., NV
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Ex: Thelma Billman |
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| MMFW23 |
A good pair of obsidian
Cascade points. One is a |
From an older collection |
40.00 |
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dart point (right side in
photo 1) and the other is a |
which was recovered from
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serrated saw blade having slight horizontal banding. |
Modoc Co., CA and
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Washoe Co., NV
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Ex: Thelma Billman |
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| TPGB72 |
A mostly thoroughly flaked
black obsidian |
Lake Co., OR
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10.00 |
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Elko corner notched arrowhead
which |
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sustained a slight impact
fracture to the tip |
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in ancient time. One tang
is gone and the |
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other is missing it's tip. The
stem of side B |
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is flat and un-worked as an aid for hafting. |
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| TPGB73 |
A sturdy and well flaked
gray and black |
Lake Co., OR
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20.00 |
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obsidian Elko corner
notched arrowhead. |
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It's highly unusual in that
it has a diagonal |
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separation around the
center of this piece; |
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the section below this
diagonal separation is |
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gray obsidian, while the
section above this |
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diagonal separation,
extending to the tip, is |
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black obsidian. It has
nicks to both ears of |
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the base and is missing one tang.
Still an |
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unusual study in multi-colored obsidian traits. |
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| TPGB75 |
A well flaked opaque black
obsidian |
Lake Co., OR
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6.00 |
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stemmed arrowhead having damage
to |
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both tangs as well as a snapped stem
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| FW35 |
A nice pair of obsidian
tools, 1 |
Recovered from an unspecified
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20.00 |
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uni-faced scraper and 1
Cascade |
dig site in Northern California
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dart point |
by a UCSF Anthropology
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professor around 1950 |
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| TPFW143 |
A semi-translucent obsidian |
Lake Co., OR
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20.00 |
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Cascade blade which is
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missing the end of the base |
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| TPFW145 |
A semi-translucent obsidian
Cascade |
Lake Co., OR
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18.00 |
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Knife blade having vague
horizontal |
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banding. It has a couple of chips to the |
Full history
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cutting edges as well as to the base |
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| JCFW63 |
Niiiiiiice! A fairly thin
desert polished black dacite Humboldt |
Recovered in
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150.00 |
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Constricted Base dart
point fairly well flaked on both faces |
Churchill Co., NV |
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by an almost intermediate knapper. It has a sexy shape
to it
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which makes it quite intriguing. It has good basal
grinding all
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around, which means that this was a very early piece
of work |
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| TPFW176 |
A definite heart-breaker. A
nice broad |
Lake Co., OR
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20.00 |
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vertically banded
semi-translucent |
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obsidian Archaic stemmed knife blade,
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which lost it's stem in ancient times. |
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Flaking appears to have been hastily
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done with a 30% flat section in the
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center of side B. (See photo 5 above) |
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| MHFW1145 |
An ugly, rhyolite-type
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Found in |
5.00 |
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Gatecliff dart point which |
Humboldt Co., NV |
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is really crude |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| TPGB92 |
A fairly thin and small
blue-gray dacite |
Lake Co., OR
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20.00 |
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Rose Springs stemmed birdpoint |
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arrowhead. It appears to
have sustained an |
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impact fracture to the tip,
which threw |
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other parts out of symmetry when
it was |
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re-worked to put it back into commission. |
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| DFFW2 |
A nice medium sized pair of
obsidian |
Lake Co., OR |
50.00 |
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Humboldt and Cascade dart
points |
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| MHFW841 |
A very nice, fairly thin
blue-gray dacite |
Lake Co., OR |
18.00 |
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Northern Side-notched
arrowhead |
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1/18
ON-HOLD
mtturk |
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having fairly thorough flaking patterns
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with an unfortunate nick to the tip.
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Unusually well flaked for this material |
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| MHFW844 |
A very nice, sturdy and
thoroughly flaked |
Warner Valley, OR |
75.00 |
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Cascade knife form. It's
made mostly |
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using percussion flaking with secondary
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pressure flaking to the cutting edges
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causing slight beveling on both sides |
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| TPFW165 |
A fairly large and broad
black obsidian |
Lake Co., OR
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95.00 |
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Cascade knife blade which
has a good |
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mixture of percussion and pressure flaking |
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patterns to both faces. It has a fair-sized
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nick (7/16" long) to one edge at the base |
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(photos 7 & 8) and must have been a real |
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work-horse in it's day |
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| JCFW26 |
A very interesting highly
desert sand-blasted |
Recovered in |
30.00 |
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basalt Martis Knife form.
It's (was) well flaked |
Churchill Co., NV |
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on both faces, although the flaking patterns are |
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now very subdued from the desert weathering |
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| JCFW32 |
A semi-translucent
diagonally banded obsidian |
Recovered in |
50.00 |
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Humboldt Basal Notched
dart point. Thoroughly |
Churchill Co., NV |
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flaked on both faces, with a missing crystal inclusion
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pit on side B in the center near the tip. (Photos 4 &
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5) One basal ear was anciently damaged |
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| DAGB270 |
A
very meaty and well made dark gray |
Lane Co. OR |
350.00 |
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fine-grained Northern Side Notched point. |
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This is a classic example for the type,
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showing superior flaking technique and
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having 2 shallow flutes with the
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accompanying hafting stops on side B. It
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also shows signs of desert polish as well.
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Ex: Cockrell |
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A very desirable item. |
Stermer
COA |
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| SLGB7 |
A very thin reddish chert leaf knife |
Found at Hammett, ID |
260.00 |
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blade having sparkling micca inclusions
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on the Snake river |
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through-out both surfaces, and darker
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red veins throughout the piece. A real
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beautiful ancient artifact.
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| SLGB12 |
A light burgundy-red jasper
Shaniko |
Personal find from |
55.00 |
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stemmed arrowhead having an anciently
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the Alvord Desert, |
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damaged and re-worked section near
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Oregon |
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the tip along 1 edge and a slight clip on
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one corner of the stem. A nicely aged
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arrowhead having basal grinding
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Discounted Group of 3:
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| DAFW514 |
A nice group of 3 varied
arrowheads |
Warner Valley, OR |
All 3 for 45.00 |
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| MHFW760 |
A fairly meaty black
obsidian |
Found by |
40.00 |
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Humboldt Triangular blade
having |
L.L. Valdivia in
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lighter blue-gray diagonal banding.
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Humboldt Co., NV |
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Flaking patterns are thorough but |
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only by an (barely) intermediate
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knapper. This one shows a slight
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torque from beveled resharpenings |
Ex: Michael Hough
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| DAFW475 |
A deep bluish-gray dacite
worked- |
Warner Valley, OR |
90.00 |
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down Windust knife form,
thoroughly |
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1/22
ON-HOLD
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flaked with basal grinding |
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| DAFW521 |
A fairly nice, well flaked |
Warner Valley, OR |
20.00 |
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obsidian Humboldt dart |
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point/blade |
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| JDFW3 |
A very nice, attractive,
well made and |
Found in Oregon |
120.00 |
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well used black obsidian Lerma
knife |
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blade. It has a slight ancient nick to one
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edge, just above the centerline, but is
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otherwise intact. The "new form" this
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blade has taken from the obvious ancient |
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re-sharpenings is most fascinating, this
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was somebody's treasured tool for sure |
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| SLFW2 |
A fairly long black
obsidian Wahmuza |
Offered by the finder who |
350.00 |
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blade having nice oblique
transverse |
recovered this one in
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flaking patterns with a nick to the very tip |
Owyhee Co., ID |
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and slight usage wear sections to both
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Rogers
COA
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blade edges. Quite a nice looking piece |
(Folded
multiple times) |
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Provenance: |
Price |
| DAFW513 |
A nice medium sized opaque
black |
Warner Valley, OR |
35.00 |
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obsidian Pinto Basin Knife
form having |
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a serious gouge from the cutting edge
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near the tip and a stack on side A just
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to the right of center (Photo 4). Still an
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interesting and "different" artifact |
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| Item: |
Type: |
Provenance: |
Price |
| DAFW531 |
An attractive smoky gray
obsidian |
Warner Valley, OR |
50.00 |
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Cascade dart point having
nicely |
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serrated edges. The bottom of the base
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has some roughness to it, as the original
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host stone's cortex remains on this area.
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Still a nice point in great condition |
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