Ancient Native American Indian Artifacts, Relics and Arrowheads

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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,

knife blades, etc.)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TO110	An Exceptional, outstanding hafted Archaic Axe	From the Elmer Unlend collection;	450.00
	head. Okay, the Axe head itself is from the Archaic	Origin undocumented but most likely
	period, somewhere between 6,000 and 8,000	from Missouri
	years old, but the rawhide bound antler handle was
	added probably around 50 years ago, and it is
	inlaid with Venetian pony trade beads (which
	"might not" be Native American) set in asphaltum.
	Quite a rare and well made offering.	Ex: Elmer Unlend

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TO109	A medium-sized gray sandstone mortar and gray	Recovered on private farmland	275.00
	hardstone egg-shaped ball pestle set. They both	between Chowilla & Los Banos, CA
	have some minor scuff and scrape marks from the
	farming machinery which unearthed them, but are
	quite rare offerings

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TO108	A medium-sized brown sandstone mortar with	Recovered on private farmland	275.00
	a brown egg-shaped hardstone ball mortar. It	between Chowilla & Los Banos, CA
	has some nicks from the farming machinery
	which unearthed the pair and the bottom of the
	bowl has roughness. Still quite a rare offering

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TO93	A very hefty full grooved	Recovered in	300.00
	reddish volcanic stone Anasazi	Delores Co., CO
	Maul in great condition	(full detailed history to buyer)
		Ex: Jason Beasley
		Stermer COA

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TO96	A very rustic brown sandstone	Recovered in Merced Co., CA	500.00
	mortar having a crude, nicked-up a	near the town of Los Banos
	bit pestle. This is a heavy sucker,
	weighing in at around 35 pounds !

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
GBTO8	A very rare greenish-gray granite cap-	Recovered in	775.00
	topped Maul. With the exception of a	Humboldt Co., CA
	couple of ancient usage nicks to the	by Dr. H.H. Stuart
	bottom's edges, this one's in perfect
	condition. Attributed to the Yurok tribe

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MHTO917	A very pregnant and very rare	Found By Dr. H.H. Stuart	400.00
	nicely formed hardstone Maul	in Humboldt Co., CA	2/5 ON-HOLD Lst
	which has an unfortunate broken
	neck which was re-glued together

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
CFTO2	YIKES!... I wouldn't want to meet anyone	Quay Co., NM	SOLD 12/10
	holding this one in a dark alley. This one's a HUGE
	gray hardstone 3/4-grooved Archaic Axe head
	showing ancient usage marks to the bit end.
	This one is quite unique and just a fine specimen

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TO105	A nice medium-sized oval-shaped	Recovered near	250.00
	gray stone Mortar and Pestle set. The	Los Banos, CA
	pestle is a tad on the stubby side and
	has an old nick to the side of the top

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
RNTO1	A fairly large brown stone Metate measuring	Found in Pima Co., AZ	400.00
	16" long x 10" wide x 4-1/2" high	near Tucson

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VMTO11	A somewhat crude, well used Mortar and Ball	From an older collection	200.00
	Pestle set. The mortar has rim nicking and	gathered near Susanville in
	surface cracking from age and use, still a nice	Lassen Co., CA
	set which displays well

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VMTO13	A good Mortar with a very long Pestle	From an older collection	300.00
	which has usage nicks, mostly to one	gathered near Susanville in
	side at the distal end	Lassen Co., CA

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VMTO5	A well used, quite worn and very rare steatite	From an older collection	200.00
	Paint Pot which has nicks to the outer rim.	gathered near Susanville in
	Still not in half bad shape, and quite a scarce item	Lassen Co., CA

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MHTO899	A very large steatite Cooking	Found by Dr. H.H. Stuart	800.00
	Bowl having some edge nicks and	on Gunther Island in
	a crack to one end, but still being	Humboldt Bay, CA
	intact. A very rare item

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCTO8	A very rare Marble Bluff Marble Atlatl weight having	Pershing Co., NV	850.00
	notches at either end for binding the weight to the Atlatl
	and a concave base to facilitate tight binding to the Atlatl
	handle. This piece appears to have not been completed, as
	it was pecked into shape, but lacks many finishing touches,
	such as polishing. An interesting study in the stages of
	creating Atlatl weights during the most ancient times.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCTO9	An attractive reddish pocked scoriaceous lava rock	Churchill Co., NV	850.00
	Metate and Mano set in very good condition. The
	Metate has some chipping from the pointed end, but is
	otherwise intact, as it was used many moons ago.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TMFTO1	A nice "hopper" Metate and Mano set. The Metate	Offered by the finder who	450.00
	measures 13-1/2" x 9-3/4" x 3" and the Mano stone	recovered these on private
	measures 5-1/4" x 3-3/4" x 2-1/2".	farmland in San Joaquin Co., CA
	A pretty scarce offering.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DATO7	A very hefty full-grooved hammerstone in	Recovered on the	70.00
	excellent condition. These are quite scarce.	Columbia River in Oregon

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DATO8	A biscuit mortar stone having a primary shallow	Recovered from	80.00
	grinding area on side A (photo 1) and the start	The Dalles, OR
	of a secondary grinding area on the flip side,
	shown in photo 3. Because of the size, this one
	was most likely used as a Paint Grinding Stone.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DATO9	A very hefty and well-used "Potato Masher Style"	Recovered from	300.00
	Hand Maul. It shows good ancient usage polish	Klamath Co., OR
	areas on all faces and is in excellent condition.
	Definitely one of those "stones with a story to tell"

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DATO11	A very unusual and quite scarce mid-back ringed	Recovered from an ancient	650.00
	double-ended Pestle in excellent condition	site on the Chetco River in
		Brookings, Oregon

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DATO12	A well-used (smooth on both faces) brown oval	Recovered from	50.00
	shaped lava Mano stone in excellent condition	Klamath Co., OR

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DATO13	A very light weight porous scoriaceous lava	Recovered from	45.00
	Mano stone in excellent condition	Klamath Co., OR

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DATO14	A very light weight porous scoriaceous lava	Recovered from	55.00
	rectangular Mano stone in excellent condition	Klamath Co., OR

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TO111	A Historic beaded pipe wrapped in rawhide and having	From the Elmer Unlend collection;	225.00
	small pony trade beads inlaid into the handle with	Origin undocumented but most
	asphaltum. Ben Stermer of Western Typology estimated	likely from Missouri
	the age to be between 100 and 150 years old. The pipe	Ex: Elmer Unlend
	bowl is made from resin

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MHTO1480	A very nice and quite rare gray hard stone Atlatl Weight having	Recovered in CA with no	325.00
	a ground groove at each end for lashing onto an atlatl handle.	other provenance recorded
	These are seldom offered for sale, and certainly not in this fine
	condition. A similar atlatl weight is pictured in Carrol B. Howe's
	book "Ancient Modocs of California and Oregon" on page 47.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TPTO353	A very symmetrical circular Archaic Mano-style	Lake Co., OR	275.00
	grinding stone which was "spent" or worn down to the	(Full history to buyer)
	point of no longer being usable. (This style of grinding
	stone typically began it's useful life at around 3" thick)
	A neat coffee-cup holder/conversation piece!

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TPTO355	A very unusual dark gray porous volcanic pumice stone	Lake Co., OR	250.00
	Archaic Abrader meticulously shaped by it's creator. This	(Full history to buyer)
	one has groove etched onto both faces and was used to
	sharpen and smooth bone Awls. Quite a scarce item!

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TPTO357	A slightly under-sized gray porous volcanic	Lake Co., OR	175.00
	rock Archaic "Potato Masher" Pestle. It has	(Full history to buyer)
	ancient chipping from one section of it's side
	(photo 4) where it doubled as a mallet.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TPTO358	A nice Early Archaic Full-grooved Axe Head Planform	Lake Co., OR	275.00
	which was never completed. An interesting study in	(Full history to buyer)
	Axe head technology, it has a shallow pecked band all
	the way around it's periphery.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TPTO359	A darling little Paint Palette and oval grinding	Lake Co., OR	250.00
	stone, found together on an Archaic site. The	(Full history to buyer)
	Palette is concave on either side, presumably
	for grinding different types of material to
	make paint for a number of uses, pictographs
	being one of them. Quite a rare specimen.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO3	A very unusual dark brown block-shaped drilled	Recovered on private farmland near	300.00
	Hammer stone, in perfect condition and displaying the	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	typical ancient usage wear nicks to either end. It still has	1950's through 1960's
	traces of asphaltum in the drilled hole which strengthened	(More information to buyer)
	the hafting to a handle. A very scarce artifact!	Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
CFTO5	A somewhat "squat" Early Archaic full-	Quay Co., NM	SOLD 12/10
	grooved axe head made from a dark
	brown and gray hardstone material and
	having black patina on one side. Just an
	interesting piece which was worked down
	in ancient times to restore it to working
	condition after it sustained usage damage

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCTO2	A reddish volcanic pumice circular dome-shaped	Recovered from Carson Sink,	275.00
	Mano stone which appears to have been well	Churchill Co., NV
	worked down through use

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MHTO1482	A neat green serpentine Atlatl spur	Recovered from a	150.00
	having a slightly pitted surface. This	famous Paleo site in
	one is "all there" and quite a rare item	Kings Co., CA
	seldom offered for sale anywhere.	(details to buyer)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VMTO15	A "flat bread" food processing stone showing	From an older collection	225.00
	slight grinding marks in the center and having a	gathered near Susanville in
	convex bottom. Quite a scarce "camp rock" item.	Lassen Co., CA

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VMTO16	A nice Mortar & Ball pestle set with	From an older collection	250.00
	the ball pestle having a single groove	gathered near Susanville in	1/8 ON-HOLD mb
	for use as a dual purpose tool	Lassen Co., CA

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VMTO17	A medium-sized food processing	From an older collection	225.00
	Mortar in very good condition	gathered near Susanville in
		Lassen Co., CA

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VMTO18	A "flat bread" baking stone having a reddish	From an older collection	150.00
	hue from repeated exposure during the baking	gathered near Susanville in
	process. Quite a scarce "camp rock" item.	Lassen Co., CA

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JCTO11	A very nice if not somewhat crude off-white	Pershing Co., NV	150.00
	Marble Bluff Marble Pump Drill Fly Wheel
	Weight having nice desert polish

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TO116	A greenish-gray granite double-ended Pestle which	Recovered near the town	75.00
	doubled as a Mano grinding stone as evidenced by	of Clovis, California,
	a flat section on the right side near the top end in	northeast of Fresno
	photo 1. Both ends show pitted usage wear marks

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DATO736	A medium-sized brown sandstone Arrowshaft Abrader,	Recovered from	55.00
	used to smooth out the wooden shafts, and used exactly	Klamath Co., OR
	as we would use sandpaper in woodworking today. (The
	ancients were quite resourceful, folks!) This one is unusual
	in that it has more of a vertical orientation than most shaft
	abraders, which provides for a better "grip" during use		8/3 ON-HOLD jc

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
VMTO9	A mini-mortar food processing stone which has	From an older collection	125.00
	great symmetry. The grinding hole is somewhat	gathered near Susanville in
	shallow in comparison to other mortars which	Lassen Co., CA
	were used over a longer period of time.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO10	A fairly large gray sandstone Donut stone which	Recovered on private farmland near	SOLD
	shows some surface cracking but which is essentially	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the	11/28
	intact. These were used on the end of digging sticks	1950's through 1960's
	to add more power to the downward thrust when	(More information to buyer)
	dislodging edible roots and are quite rare items	Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO11	A These were used on the end of	Recovered on private farmland near	250.00
	digging sticks to add more power to	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	the downward thrust when dislodging	1950's through 1960's
	edible roots and are quite rare items	(More information to buyer)
		Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
ACTO13	A quite scarce and nice medium-sized miniature	Recovered on private farmland near	250.00
	grinding set consisting of a small mortar stone having	Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
	a concave surface on both sides and a loaf stone	1950's through 1960's
	pestle. Smaller grinding sets such as these were used	(More information to buyer)
	to grind-up spices as well as materials used for
	painting pictographs. This set is in excellent condition	Ex: Leon Taylor

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
RPTO1	A well worn, pretty near spent reddish-brown and	Recovered from	50.00
	black hemitite Adze bit, used, resharpened and	Tamaha, OK
	worn down to almost nothing in ancient times.
	A very interesting artifact.	Ex: Perino

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