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Axes & Hard Stone Tools Page 2   Page 3   Page 1

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
MHTO897 A very nice and LARGE Recovered by   950.00
  pecked and polished Dr. H.H.Stuart  
  knobbed pestle on Gunther Island  
  14-3/8" long by 2-1/16" in diameter in Humboldt Bay, CA  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DATO761 An extremely rare dark brown highly polished "reversible" Recovered near 2,750.00 
  hourglass shaped stone Paint Mortar. It has a concave Portland, OR  
  bowl section on each end for use in grinding/processing 2    
  different paint colors by grinding up ores and plant matter     
  which was then mixed with animal fat to create the desired    
  paint for a number of applications, such as when creating    
  pictographs. It has a few ancient usage nicks to the rims,    
  but is otherwise in the same condition as it was used    
  hundreds of years ago. A rare, museum quality piece.   dldacr761

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JCTO6 A very scarce full-grooved, bi-pointed quartz War Club  Churchill Co., NV 350.00
  Head in excellent condition for the age. Quite an outstanding    
  piece which is seldom seen offered for sale anywhere!    

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TO92 Now this one would get the job done ! A  Recovered in Pinal Co., AZ  250.00
  very hefty well made jet black 3/4 grooved (full detailed history to buyer)  
  Hohokam Hammer Head from the    
  Snaketown phase dating around 700 A.D. Stermer COA  

 

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBTO7 A very rare black volcanic rock cap- Recovered in 800.00
  topped Maul. With the exception of a  Humboldt Co., CA  
  couple of ancient nicks to the cap top's by Dr. H.H. Stuart  
  edges, this one's in perfect condition.    
  Attributed to the Yurok tribe    

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTO918 A large and very rare, nicely formed Found By Dr. H.H. Stuart 500.00
  hard stone Maul which has an ancient in Humboldt Co., CA  
  chip to one side of the top knob    

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTO919 A very large and very rare California 300.00
  drilled sandstone Conical    
  Paint Blower assumed to be    
  used in making pictographs    

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTO896 An extremely rare pecked and polished Recovered on the 850.00
  hardstone Pestle having the original Columbia River in  
  buffalo/bison (?) horn handle, probably from a Yakima Co., WA  
  buffalo. A similar one is published in Charles (details to buyer)  
  Miles Indian & Eskimo Artifacts of North    
  America, page 47, plate 1.261, number 4    

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTO900 A very rare and nicely Found by Dr. H.H. Stuart 950.00
  polished black steatite on Gunther Island in  
  Cooking Bowl having some Humboldt Bay, CA  
  edge nicks but still intact Ex: Charley Mitchell  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTO901 Now this one's cute !... a smaller brown Recovered from Trinidad 550.00
  and black highly polished steatite Cooking in Humboldt Co., CA  
  Bowl with a short handle. It has typical    
  bruises here and there, but is still intact.    
  A very rare item !    

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TMCTO2 A very nice and VERY LONG 21-7/8" x 2-5/8" Recovered in  6,500.00
  gray granite knobbed Chumash "Ceremonial" San Luis Obispo Co., CA REDUCED!
  Pestle in excellent condition, described by the (details to buyer) 5,000.00
  owner as having a surface smooth as silk with    
  perfect symmetry. This one dates to the Historic     
  Era, circa 1800 A.D. and is  quite a rare offering!    
  See "Indian & Eskimo Artifacts of North America"    
  by Charles Miles, page 47 Jackson COA  

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  
  which has an unfortunate broken    
  neck which was re-glued together    

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
VMTO13 A good Mortar with a very long Pestle From an older collection 275.00
  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 175.00
  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 60.00
  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 70.00
  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 250.00
  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 550.00
  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 40.00
  shaped lava Mano stone in excellent condition Klamath Co., OR  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DATO13 A very light weight porous scoriaceous lava Recovered from 40.00
  Mano stone in excellent condition Klamath Co., OR  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DATO14 A very light weight porous scoriaceous lava Recovered from 45.00
  rectangular Mano stone in excellent condition Klamath Co., OR  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTO1593 A well formed greenish-gray/brown hardstone Net Sinker Undocumented, Far 45.00
  having a nice groove running all around it's center. This one Western states/region.  
  is better defined than most net sinkers. Ex: Michael Hough  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHTO1594 A fairly small, interesting quartz Pestle which was probably used for Undocumented, Far 45.00
  grinding up medicines. It shows internal fractures (photo 3) and Western states/region.  
  roughness and chipping to the top end, but is still quite a unique piece. Ex: Michael Hough  

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
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 200.00
  slight grinding marks in the center and having a gathered near Susanville in  
  convex bottom. Quite a scarce "camp rock" item. Lassen Co., CA  

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