Axes & Stone Tools Page

This page contains Axes, celts and other hard stone ancient native American
Indian relics. (See the flint tools page for "flaked" tools, such as drills, scrapers,
etc.)

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TO82 A drilled black polished This piece was recovered in 75.00

hardstone pump-drill

Southern California and an old
stop-weight, quite scarce ! tag attached to this piece says 
"King Mound", although I've been
unable to locate any reference to
King Mound, anywhere

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TO83 A small triangular 2-holed ground and Found in 250.00

polished slate "salvaged" gorget, this

Allen Co., Ohio
one almost looks like a celt in cross- Ex: Holmes
section. It was anciently re-worked Ex: Petrie
from a larger gorget which was broken. Davis COA (G6)

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MATO1

A brown-gray stone center-holed

Unknown, most SOLD

pick which sustained quite a few

likely Missouri
plow marks before someone
rescued it from this undignified 4/1
treatment. Quite a scarce item.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MATO2

A very nice, meaty, obviously

Uncertain, Midwestern, SOLD

treasured and well-used

most likely Southern Illinois
brown-gray polished hematite
axe head having a center 4/21
groove and much usage wear.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MATO3

A fairly large (for type) polished

Uncertain, Midwestern, 45.00

black hematite celt bit. Has

most likely Southern Illinois
substantial usage wear which 
adds to it’s character and makes
it quite a conversation piece.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MATO4

An interesting and somewhat

Unknown, most likely South 30.00

scarce drilled gray-stone

Western United States
pump drill weight

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TO78 The "Odd Couple" A dark tan hardstone bean- Pestle: Found near Dorris CA  300.00
shaped mortar paired up with a dark gray, Mortar: Found in Gilroy, CA
somewhat porous hardstone pestle. The pestle Both found by the same relic
  has nice usage polish lengthwise along the body hunter  
  and shows an interesting coloration difference    
  from the way it was partially exposed for    
  hundreds and hundreds of years, it also has 3    
  "chips/chunks" missing from it's "working end"    
  (ancient usage damage)    

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TO79 Another "Odd couple"... but closely Pestle: Found in Morgan Hill, CA  275.00
related !... A medium tan stone mortar  Mortar: Found in Gilroy, CA
paired with a dark gray stone pestle. The (a town right next to Morgan Hill)
  pestle shows great usage wear and has by the same hunter  
  only 1 small chip on the working end    

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TO80 A scarce medium-sized gray stone "lap mortar" and These 2 were found together 500.00
a ball pestle. The mortar is fascinating because it   in the foothills between San
was made with an angled bottom so that it could be Francisco and Berkeley in
used either "upright" or at a comfortable Californian Northern California
"layed-back" angle of about 30% (identical to the
modern day "Cool" Californian drivers' seat angle...  
sorry folks... it's a fact... I know, I live here !) From
purely personal observations, I believe that the ball
pestle/mortar pairs pre-date the cylindrical
pestle/mortars by a substantial range.  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TO81 An EXTREMELY RARE and quite large DOUBLE- Recovered on a 500.00
holed mortar ! (This is only the 2nd one that I've private Ranch
EVER seen, and it is the "prettier" of the 2)  It's a fact between Oroville
  that the native American Indian females worked side- and Paradise, CA  
  by-side, sometimes with FOUR generations gathered    
  all together ! (they left their "marks" of this fact in    
  many "bed rock mortar stones"... I've seen it myself,    
  where 4 generations worked side-by-side at this    
  "food processing" location, at Yosemite National Park !...    
  It's still there folks... you should go see it !)    

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DATO361B A scarce double incised Bola  Columbia River 60.00

stone, very seldom offered for

  
sale anywhere ! Ex: Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DATO361C A scarce single incised Bola Columbia River 40.00

stone, very seldom offered

 
for sale anywhere ! Ex: Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DATO361D A scarce single grooved Columbia River 40.00

Bola stone, very seldom

 
offered for sale anywhere ! Ex: Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DATO361E A scarce single incised Bola Columbia River 25.00

stone, very seldom offered for 

 
sale anywhere ! Looks as though
the incising was just started on
this one on side A only Ex: Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DATO361F A scarce single incised Columbia River 30.00

Bola stone, very seldom

 
offered for sale anywhere ! Ex: Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DATO361G A scarce single grooved Columbia River 35.00

Bola stone, very seldom

 
offered for sale anywhere ! Ex: Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DATO361H A scarce single incised Bola  Columbia River 25.00

stone, very seldom offered for

  
sale anywhere ! Incising is a
bit shallow on this one. Ex: Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DATO361I A scarce single grooved Columbia River 25.00

Bola stone, very seldom

 
offered for sale anywhere ! Ex: Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
RDTO93 CELT. A 2-3/8" long and Montrose county, Colorado 45.00

1-1/2" wide gray granitic celt

  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TO75 A HUGE brown flint flared-bit Spade from Recovered in SOLD
the Mississippian period (800 - 1500 AD) Paris, Tennessee
An OUTSTANDING piece showing 3/23
  HEAVY usage wear    

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TO76 A HUGE tan chert Adz from the Recovered in 100.00
Mississippian Period (800 to 1500 AD) Paris, Tennessee

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TO63 A VERY RARE and fairly large Recovered in 500.00
volcanic pumice stone pointed base Siskiyou Co., CA
mortar having a pestle of a different
hard stone material, both in excellent
condition for the age (Looks GREAT in front of a fireplace !)

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BMTO1 A totally fascinating porphyry 3/4  

Recovered in Lafayette,

950.00

grooved axe from the Archaic period,

 Missouri  Ex: Dr. Montjoy
measuring 4-7/16 x 3  Host material is and Rick Stevens
diorite with porphyry penocryst.  Perino COA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BMTO2 A porphyry full grooved Michigan Recovered in Fulton 2200.00
style axe head measuring 6 x 3-1/4  County, Ohio
It almost has a E-notched type groove.  
A scarce artifact made from a very
nice and collectable material.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BMTO3 A stunning porphyry celt from the early Recovered in Adams 450.00
Woodland period, measuring 4-3/4 inches County, Illinois
  long. There is modern rework on the bit,    
  but this item still displays well and the Ex: Vern Petry  
rework is not noticeable with the naked eye Tony Putty COA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SWTO4 A Columbia River Pipe Found in the vicinity of 6.00
"Pre-form" (uncompleted) the Dalles, Oregon 
including the Quinton site
Full history to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TO70 A neat little pecking stone Recovered in 10.00
tool for flaking flint and Northern California
chert tools in the making

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