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Indian arrowheads and other ancient relics from
the Far Western regions which includes the Great Basin

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GB15 A very small, slender and well-flaked black Recovered from 12.00

basalt Rose Springs Side-notched birdpoint

Swan Island in
having a nick to one corner of the stem.  Multnomah Co., OR
Made by an advanced knapper who had alot
of patience, as basalt doesn't flake very well.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JFGB79 A beautiful (in as much as a basalt point Recovered in 27.00

CAN be beautiful) fairly thin black basalt  

SE Oregon
Gypsum Cave dart point dating back to the
Middle Archaic period, between 3,300 and
5,000 years old. Certainly created by a
very patient ancient knapper, as basalt just 
doesn't flake very well. Appears to have a
slight nick to one side of the tip Ex: Milton Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JFGB80 A very dark gray chert Columbia  Recovered in 13.00

Plateau arrowhead having a spider

 SE Oregon
bite to the tip and a snapped stem Ex: Milton Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SWGB122

River polished black fine-grained

Columbia river in 20.00
  basalt Siska Flat blade Klickitat Co., WA  
  base snapped Stermer COA  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPGB52 A fairly thick, well flaked opaque black Lake Co., OR 30.00
obsidian Pryor stemmed arrowhead
from the early Archaic period, having
hints of slight edge serrations, nice
frosty patina on side B and unfortunate 

damage to the very bottom of the stem.

 Full history
(7,000 to 8,000 years old) to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPGB53 A fairly thin, well flaked opaque black Lake Co., OR 22.00
obsidian corner notched arrowhead 

having a chip to the tip and to one tang.

 Full history
The base has been snapped. to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPGB54 A pretty nice semi-translucent, slightly   Lake Co., OR 24.00
diagonally banded obsidian stemmed drill
which was most likely converted from an

arrowhead. It's thoroughly flaked, well

Full history
made and appears to be "all there". to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPGB55 A meaty black obsidian hafted knife Lake Co., OR 20.00
blade thoroughly flaked on side A

with 25% of a flake flat in the center

Full history
of side B. One stem ear is missing. to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPGB56 A fairly thick black obsidian stemmed Lake Co., OR 10.00
knife blade made on a flake and
showing only sparse flaking patterns.
It retains about 50% of the original

host stones cortex on side A. An

Full history 9/26
interesting study piece. to buyer ON-HOLD

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPGB57 A fairly sturdy, well flaked opaque Lake Co., OR 20.00

black obsidian Shaniko stemmed

Full history
arrowhead which has a snapped base to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPGB58 A fairly thick semi-translucent obsidian Lake Co., OR 30.00
knife blade which shows 20% of the
original percussion flaking on side A (no

secondary flaking to this area) and 50% of

Full history
the original percussion flaking on side B to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPGB59 A very well worked semi-translucent  Lake Co., OR 18.00

obsidian corner notched arrowhead having

 Full history 9/26
a snapped stem and a nick off the tip. to buyer ON-HOLD

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPGB60 A sturdy and well flaked black Lake Co., OR 22.00
obsidian Elko Split Stem arrowhead
which is missing it's tangs, most likely 

as a result from ancient resharpenings.

 Full history
One ear on the stem was anciently lost. to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPGB61 A fairly thin, well made smoky gray translucent   Lake Co., OR 20.00
obsidian corner notched arrowhead, thoroughly

flaked but having a nicked tang as well as a nick

 Full history
to one ear on the stem to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JSGB2 A black basalt early Yana side- Offered by the finder, who 30.00

notched arrowhead, nicely

recovered this piece in
patinated and showing signs of Shasta County, CA
heavy weathering

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JSGB5 A shiny (on 1 side) black obsidian Offered by the finder, who 65.00

early Yana corner-notched

recovered this piece in
arrowhead with heavy brown  Shasta County, CA
deposits/patination on 1 side and an
interesting diagonal flaking pattern

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JSGB6 A translucent smoky-clear obsidian with outstanding Offered by the finder, who 120.00

gray diagonal banding... The surface flaking on this

recovered this piece in
piece is extremely intricate and just awesome. It has Shasta County, CA
a nibble off of the tip, but the ultra-thinness of this
point makes up for that slight flaw !

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JFGB47 A very nice and thoroughly Recovered in 24.00

worked frosty translucent

Eastern Oregon
and somewhat opalescent
obsidian Cascade dart point

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JFGB48 A very well worked semi- Recovered in 25.00

translucent, opalescent black

Eastern Oregon
obsidian Cascade dart point

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JFGB50 A somewhat thin and very well Recovered in 29.00

patinated opaque black obsidian

Eastern Oregon
Humboldt Constricted base dart
point having nice basal grinding as
testimony to it's early age (The tip
is "as made" anciently and has not
been modernly "mucked with")

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SLGB16 A semi-translucent white agate Atlatl Personal find in 75.00
Valley Triangular arrowhead which Owyhee Co., Idaho
appears to be anciently re-based

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SLGB17 A thin oval gray basalt knife Personal find in 50.00
having nice patination Owyhee Co., Idaho

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SLGB18 An opaque black obsidian Pinto Personal find from the 50.00
Sloping Shouldered arrowhead  Alvoid desert in Oregon
with nice basal grinding and flaking
to a median ridge. Has an ancient
nick to the tip and nice patination

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SLGB19 A small opaque black obsidian  Personal find from 75.00
Humbolt arrowhead, very thin and well the Alvoid desert in
made with an intricate flaking pattern Oregon

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SLGB20 A most interesting opaque black obsidian Personal find from  85.00
Humbolt triangular arrowhead anciently the Alvoid desert
re-worked into a drill form with a needle in Oregon
tip. Has nice oblique flaking to the median
ridge, very thin and attractive piece

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SLGB21 A black obsidian Cascade Personal find from 30.00
arrowhead having a tip-nick and the Alvoid Desert
good flaking patterns in Oregon

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SLGB22 A slightly semi-translucent black Personal find from the 25.00
obsidian Cascade arrowhead Alvoid desert in Oregon
having a truncated base

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SLGB23 A very interesting black obsidian Pinto Personal find from 75.00
Basin knife blade having very fine the Alvoid desert in
edge-work on both sides. Appears to Oregon
be a dart point, anciently converted to
a cutting tool with very sharp edges

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SLGB24 A very thin, glossy opaque black Personal find from the 75.00
obsidian Pinto Basin arrowhead,  Alvoid desert in
originally made on a flake but beautifully Oregon
retouched with direct pressure flaking.
The basal notch is very deep and
exhibits exceptional craftmanship

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SLGB25 A thin opaque black obsidian small Personal find from 65.00
Humbolt knife blade having nice the Alvoid desert in
patination and excellent flaking patterns Oregon

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JFGB54 A glossy and nicely patinated Recovered in 120.00

opaque black obsidian Plateau

Eastern Oregon
Pentagonal knife blade. Very
sturdy and obviously well used
from the shape it has as a result
of many ancient sharpenings

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JFGB57 A purple chert Shaniko Stemmed Recovered in 17.00

blade made on a flake having

Eastern Oregon
about 80% of the original flake's
surface showing on side B

Item:   Type:   Provenance:   Price
JFGB20   A blue-black iridescent obsidian   SE Oregon Desert   17.00
leaf-shaped preform, most likely Ex: Milton Tuck
    from the Archaic period. An        
    interesting example of the        
    evolution of point technology        

Item:   Type:   Provenance:   Price
JFGB22   A jet black obsidian Shaniko   SE Oregon Desert   16.00
Stemmed atlatl dart point Ex: Milton Tuck
    having nice edge work and a       9/26
    hafting stop on side B       ON-HOLD

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