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Bone, Shell and
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| DHBO1 |
An extremely rare drilled
disc shell |
Recovered in NW |
650.00 |
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and tube bone bead
necklace |
California |
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(restrung) having 3 abalone shell
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pendants and being attributed to the |
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Coastal Miwok tribe. A very nice
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museum quality piece.
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| SABO1 |
A pretty nice brown hard
stone double- |
Found in |
175.00 |
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notched Charmstone. It has
an irregular |
Lake Co., CA |
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tan vein running all around (Photos 1 - 5) |
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and it shows a couple shallow nick lines
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from farming machinery (Photo 5) |
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| BO172 |
A nice pair of marble-sized |
Found in
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stone game balls
attributed to |
Calavaris Co., CA |
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the Miwok tribe
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5/24 |
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| MHBO1151 |
A gorgeous and quite aged
incised and |
Found by L.L. Valdivia |
200.00 |
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highly polished LONG bone
awl in just |
in Santa Clara Co., CA |
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perfect condition |
(details to buyer) |
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| DGBO12 |
A very nice, quite
symmetrical |
Recovered in
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275.00 |
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Charmstone having a couple
of minor |
Petaluma, CA |
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scrapes from farming equipment
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| DGBO13 |
A very nice drilled green
steatite pendant |
Found in |
175.00 |
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having a "cog-wheel" style
to the edges. |
Kern Co., CA |
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It has a single nick to one serration (the
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first one to the left of the suspension hole |
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in photo 2) but is otherwise "all there".
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Attributed to the Yokut tribe |
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| TPBO180 |
An interesting brick-red
volcanic rock |
Lake Co., OR
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125.00 |
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grooved Net Sinker. It has
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pitting to it's surface, which is normal
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for the host stone material used, and it |
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has chips from the two restraining
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knobs on the tip. Still an unusual and
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pretty scarce offering |
to buyer |
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| BDBO2 |
A very nice and fairly rare
set |
Found in
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of 5 stone game balls in |
Navajo Co., AZ |
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various sizes and materials
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| LEBO1 |
A nice assortment of
various sized |
Recovered in
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hematite Indian Game Balls
in great |
Oldham Co., TX
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condition. These are quite scarce,
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Offered by the finder |
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and we seldom get these in stock
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| MHBO121 |
A green-gray stemmed |
Recovered north
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150.00 |
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Charmstone having |
of San Jose, CA |
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numerous surface marks
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from farm machinery
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Ex: M. Hough |
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| MHBO805 |
A matching pair of HUGE
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Recovered in Humboldt Co., CA |
400.00 |
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drilled abalone shell
pendants
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in 1939 by Dr. H.H. Stuart |
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which are very colorful and in
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great shape.
Published in Lar
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Hothem's Ornamental Indian
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Artifacts, page 345, plate 2 |
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| MHBO807 |
A very large, colorful and
rare |
Recovered in Humboldt Co., CA |
450.00 |
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matching pair of drilled
abalone |
in 1939 by Dr. H.H. Stuart |
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shell "earings", published in Lar
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Hothem's Ornamental Indian
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Artifacts, page 345, plate 1.
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These are truly museum grade pieces ! |
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| RFBO3 |
A very nice drilled and
grooved |
Only documented as being
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750.00 |
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dark steatite Charmstone |
from California with a
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showing nice ancient polish and
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collector's label of
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a few typical score marks |
"Litherland 165"
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Stermer COA |
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| MHBO621 |
An awesome, stubby polished
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700.00 |
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dark green steatite pipe
having 6 drilled |
Contra Costa Co., CA |
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square shell beads adorning the top rim.
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It shows smoking residue on the inside of
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both ends. An extremely rare offering ! |
Ex: Michael Hough
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| MHBO625 |
A VERY Long and very rare
polished |
Documented as being from
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2,000.00 |
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black steatite pipe having
an incised lip It |
California's "central valley",
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was published in Charles Miles Indian &
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which is a combination of the
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Eskimo Artifacts of North America on
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Sacramento Valley and the
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page 218, plate 11.15, number 1 and is an |
San Joaquin Valley
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item which one seldom sees for sale, and I |
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would venture to say that few museums
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have such a fine example as this. It has a
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couple of small ancient nicks to the edge of |
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the lip, but is otherwise "all there" as made
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and used
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Ex: Michael Hough
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| MHBO634 |
An EXTREMELY RARE set of 3
Californian
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Recovered in |
SOLD |
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Walnut shell gaming pieces
(ancient dice),
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Fresno Co., CA |
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each having been filled with asphaltum and
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having a drilled shell bead in the center.
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Attributed to the Choinumne Yokut tribe and |
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Published in Lar Hothem's Ornamental
Indian |
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Artifacts, page 352, plate 3, number 1,
these
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are in excellent condition and almost never
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offered for sale anywhere.
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Ex: Michael Hough
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| MHBO670 |
A very nice carved bone
Tsagaglalal |
Recovered on the |
250.00 |
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effigy having the classic
rib pattern on the |
Columbia River near
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chest. Ca. 1200 - 1500 A.D. Published
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Wishram, WA |
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in Lar Hothem's Ornamental Indian
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Artifacts, pg. 131, plate 1, number 3 |
Ex: Michael Hough
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| MHBO800 |
A very unusual drilled and
polished |
Found in |
50.00 |
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black stone pendant. (What
else |
Humboldt Co., CA |
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can one say about a rock with a
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hole in it ?... it's definitely unique !)
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Ex: Michael Hough
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4/26 ON-HOLD
poslartrd
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| GBBO1 |
An exceptional and very
long red-brown |
From the Chumash or |
850.00 |
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drilled soapstone bead
having 2 external |
Canalino area of
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grooves. (For the size and craftsmanship, |
California, most likely
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and the fact that it wasn't used as a pipe,
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Santa Barbara County |
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and offer my
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opinion of this piece as being a shaman's
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healing tube) It is published in Charles
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Miles Indian & Eskimo Artifacts of North |
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America, page 136, plate 5.5
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| MHBO471 |
A very rare fairly small |
Found by Herbert Enocks |
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black drilled steatite
Pipe, a |
in Contra Costa Co., CA |
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little bit ragged around
the |
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tobacco insertion end
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHBO473 |
A very large and quite rare
Green |
Found near Kerman
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650.00 |
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hardstone Yokuts double
knobbed |
in Fresno Co., CA |
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Charmstone. A very nice
museum quality |
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piece attributed to the
Pitkache-Gewacheu |
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tribelets of the Southern
Valley Yokuts, |
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circa 500-1500 A.D.
Published in Lar |
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Hothem's Ornamental Indian Artifacts, |
Ex: Peter Gallick |
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pg. 161, plate 3, number 2
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHBO475 |
A very nice and scarce dark |
Recovered in
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700.00 |
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green hardstone Yokuts |
Lost Hills, CA |
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Charmstone, Museum quality. |
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Published in Lar Hothem's |
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Ornamental Indian Artifacts, |
Ex: Peter Gallick |
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pg. 158, plate 3, number 2 |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHBO478 |
An extremely rare and |
Found on the Columbia
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850.00 |
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seldom offered for sale |
River, this one resembles |
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anywhere Columbia River |
similar pipes recovered near |
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Steatite Pipe having a |
The Dalles, OR |
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suspension hole drilled |
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through the base
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHBO1237 |
A fair sized quartz crystal
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Found on an ancient |
20.00 |
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Hohokam charmstone |
campsite in Navajo Co., AZ |
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHBO1238 |
A small quartz crystal
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Found on an ancient |
20.00 |
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Hohokam charmstone |
campsite in Navajo Co., AZ |
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHBO1239 |
A fairly thick quartz
crystal |
Found on an ancient campsite |
20.00 |
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Hohokam charmstone |
in Navajo Co., AZ |
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| DFBO3 |
Two nice bone Awls |
Found on the |
35.00 |
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Columbia River |
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| DFBO5 |
An interesting incised gray
slate |
Recovered on the
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50.00 |
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Beaver Tail pendant
preform |
Columbia River near
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(undrilled)
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Vantage, WA |
4/4 ON-HOLD
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| MHBO1161 |
A very slender, delicate
and just perfect |
Found by L.L. Valdivia |
45.00 |
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highly polished animal
bone hair pin |
in Santa Clara Co., CA |
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(details to buyer) |
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MBBO70 |
A nice "trigger" bone awl |
Montezuma Co., CO |
50.00 |
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having an extremely sharp
tip |
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| MBBO71 |
A fair-sized bone tube bead
having |
Montezuma Co., CO |
30.00 |
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slight scoring lines to
both ends |
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| MBBO72 |
A completely intact and |
Montezuma Co., CO |
20.00 |
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very sharp bone awl |
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| MBBO73 |
A fairly large, completely
intact |
Montezuma Co., CO |
40.00 |
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bone awl, which could use
a bath |
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| MBBO74 |
An unusual, somewhat sun
bleached |
Montezuma Co., CO |
30.00 |
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bone awl in perfect
condition |
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| MBBO78 |
A nice set of 3 small bone
awls, |
Montezuma Co., CO |
30.00 |
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2 which have slight nicks
to the tips |
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| MBBO102 |
A gorgeous salt water clam |
Found in Boulder Co., CO
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35.00 |
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shell drilled disc bead
having |
Full, VERY detailed
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very detailed provenance |
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| MBBO103 |
A gorgeous salt water clam
shell drilled |
Found in Boulder Co., CO |
30.00 |
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disc bead having very
detailed provenance. |
Full, VERY detailed
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It has ancient nicking to the edges |
information to buyer |
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| MBBO104 |
A gorgeous salt water clam
shell |
Found in Boulder Co., CO |
35.00 |
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drilled disc bead having
very |
Full, VERY detailed
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detailed provenance. It has
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ancient nicking to the edges |
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| MBBO105 |
A gorgeous somewhat small
salt |
Found in Boulder Co., CO |
SOLD |
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water clam shell drilled
disc bead |
Full, VERY detailed
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having very detailed provenance. It
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has slight ancient nicking to the edges |
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| SABO2 |
A bluish-black schist
pendant |
Quay Co., NM |
40.00 |
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having a single drilled
hole and |
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slight ancient chipping along the
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straight edge. Quite a strange item |
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| CFBO5 |
A nice pair of very |
Quay Co., NM |
25.00 |
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old bone Awls |
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| BO169 |
A nice pair of marble-sized |
Found in
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20.00 |
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stone game balls
attributed to |
Calavaris Co., CA |
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the Miwok tribe
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| BO170 |
A nice pair of marble-sized |
Found in
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stone game balls
attributed to |
Calavaris Co., CA |
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the Miwok tribe
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| BO171 |
A nice pair of marble-sized |
Found in
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20.00 |
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stone game balls
attributed to |
Calavaris Co., CA |
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the Miwok tribe
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| MHBO1149 |
A highly polished white
bone |
Found on Silva's Island |
65.00 |
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awl in excellent condition |
in Marin Co., CA |
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by L.L. Valdivia |
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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