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BIG Blades Page
| This page features ancient Native American Indian "BIG Blades", over-sized knife blades of all sorts, from Wealth blades, to Salmon knives to Dance blades, etc... These are very rare items which are seldom offered for sale anywhere, as very few survived the ages intact, and many more were intentionally "killed" (broken up) when the owner went to the happy hunting grounds. |
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Type: Cascade Bi-pointed Dagger/Knife |
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A very good sized opaque black obsidian Bi-Pointed Cascade |
From the George & Beth Miller collection. |
1500.00 |
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hafted Dagger/Knife blade which is well worked on both faces by an |
The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in |
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extremely experienced knapper, although the flaking patterns on side |
Modoc County, California, Oregon and |
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B are mostly hidden by heavy caliche encrustation. It shows signs of |
Churchill County, Nevada. From our experience |
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ancient re-sharpening to the hafting line along one edge and is "all |
with artifacts from these areas, we judge this one |
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there" as it was anciently made and used. A most impressive artifact. |
to be from one of the dried-up lake beds in Lake |
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Era: Archaic Period - 4,000 to 8,000 years old |
County, Oregon, Possibly Crump Lake |
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Details about the George & Beth Miller collection |
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Type: HUGE black obsidian Cascade Butchering Blade |
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A most impressive HUGE and well made Cascade Obsidian |
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1,200.00 |
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Butchering Blade for the BIG game animals. A GREAT |
Lake Co., OR |
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centerpiece for any collection. |
during the 1960's |
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Just as perfect as they come, a very striking and VERY long G10+ |
Recovered from |
4200.00 |
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Mahogany Obsidian Colima Ceremonial Knife Blade displaying flaking |
Colima, Mexico |
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patterns to die for. It's thoroughly and intricately flaked on every single |
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millimeter across both surfaces; obviously created by a Master knapper |
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who really got into his work. One of the best we've ever seen! |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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A HUGE, broad Late Paleo/Early Archaic period stemmed hafted |
Recovered in SE Oregon |
2200.00 |
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Obsidian Butchering Knife form which is well flaked on both faces, |
which is Paleo territory |
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mostly by percussion technique. It shows heavy river polish, and must |
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have been setting on a shoreline for thousands of years before the water |
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body dried up, leaving a fair amount of caliche deposits on side B. It's a |
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bit on the asymmetrical side with a nice rounded base, and it leaves little |
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doubt that it wasn't used to skin rabbits! This was a big-game processor |
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and would make an excellent centerpiece to any western collection. |
Stermer COA |
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A really fine and intricately worked MONSTER obsidian |
Found in |
750.00 |
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Cascade butchering knife blade. Well flaked on both faces |
Harney County, Oregon |
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by a very advanced knapper. It has a nice frosty patina, and |
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has a truncated base. A most attractive piece. |
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A VERY long and slender mahogany obsidian Colima |
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1800.00 |
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"Threshold" Blade having very intricate and thorough |
Colima, Western Mexico |
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flaking patterns to a median ridge on both faces. It has |
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an ancient shear to the base as well as a lateral fracture |
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to the tip (photos 5-10), still an attractive piece worthy |
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of centerpiece status in a deserving collection. |
Jackson COA |
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An outstanding very light gray chert Lerma Pointed Base BIG game |
Found on the Arkansas River in |
1600.00 |
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hand-held butchering knife blade which is very thin for it's size. Just an |
Oklahoma by B. McClemore |
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outstanding piece which is well formed with thorough percussion flaking |
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patterns on both faces and having nice secondary pressure flaking |
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mostly in a left-handed beveling fashion. It has 2 old (not recent, but not |
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from ancient usage at the time of manufacture) nicks to one blade edge |
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near the tip. (photos 5 & 8) Still a beautiful MONSTER blade worthy |
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of centerpiece display in any worthy collection. |
Ex: Greg Perino Collection |
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A HUGE, heavily patinated light green Franciscan chert uni-faced |
Offered by the original finder |
950.00 |
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Trade Blank most likely from the Paleo period. It has thin crystal |
who recovered this one on a |
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vein lines at the base and a few more recent (slight) edge nicks near |
bluff in Clements, California in |
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the tip, which expose the true, unpatinated darker green color of |
San Joaquin County. |
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the host material. (Photo 5) This one is the largest Trade Blank |
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we've handled to date. Additionally, it has a smaller section of the |
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original hoststone's cortex on the base. (Photo 6) This one would |
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make one HECK of an impressive centerpiece to any collection! |
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A HUGE, meaty purple and lavender rhyolite |
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400.00 |
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Butchering Blade made in the same form as |
Mesa, AZ |
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Augustine dart points, from the Archaic |
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period, between 5,000 and 7,000 years old |
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A BREATH-TAKING spiral-banded blue-gray chert |
Belize, Central America |
1,000.00 |
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Mayan Knife blade, well flaked on both faces, mostly by |
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percussion flaking. This one appears to be as fresh as the |
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day it was made and is just an OUTSTANDING artifact! |
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