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Bone, Shell and
(Ornamental) Stone Page 2
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This page contains
Native American Indian "decorative" and ornamental relics made from bone, shell
and stone materials. This includes bannerstones as well as gorgets and stone
effigy items. |
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Please Note: For more
bone and shell items which were specifically used as necklaces, please see our
"Indian beads" page. For bone items used
as weapons, such as Harpoons, Bone Arrowheads as well as bone tool items, such
as Wedges, Awls and Pressure flaking tools, please see our
Bone Tools pages. |
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Also CALIFORNIA
CHARMSTONES HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THE NEW CHARMSTONE PAGES |
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| RPBO13 |
A very nice and quite
varied group of 12 drilled stone and shell |
All recovered from various |
300.00 |
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pendants and beads with
one adolescent's ear spool, which is |
unspecified ancient sites in
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quite a rarity in itself. |
New Mexico |
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Ex: Greg Perino |
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| JFBO18 |
A HIGHLY unusual, rare and
unique diamond-pattern inscribed |
Recovered from |
395.00 |
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Drilled Charmstone showing
traces of suspension lines leading |
Central California |
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from the drilled suspension hole. Inscribed or etched
stone
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material from this region is very rare.
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Jackson COA |
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| SGBO1 |
A simply OUTSTANDING and
quite rare |
Found in
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5500.00 |
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museum grade conch shell mask gorget.
This |
Miller Co., GA |
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one is HUGE, beautiful and an extremely rare |
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offering. It dates to the Mississippian period
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approximately 700 B.P.
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Jackson COA |
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| MHBO1526 |
A very attractive, highly
polished black steatite ring |
Only documented as being recovered |
185.00 |
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(pendant?) which is
slightly asymmetrical with a small |
from the Columbia River in the Pacific
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section which was chipped, probably during it's
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Northwest (Washington is assumed) |
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manufacture as this section is polished over as well.
Dated |
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to 1200-1500 A.D., it is published in Lar Hothem's
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Ornamental Indian Artifacts, page 224, plate 2, number 4 |
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| DVBO2 |
A nice gray stone Sea Lion
Effigy from |
Reported from the mouth of
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1400.00 |
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the Yurok tribe, most
likely from the |
the Klamath River, N. CA |
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historic period (Est. mid to late 1800's) |
Ex: Dr. Allen Heflin Collection |
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| DFBO17 |
A quite rare "Beaver
tail" pattern incised creek rock. |
Benton Co., WA |
250.00 |
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These were normally used
as pendants, but this one is larger |
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than most pendants I have seen and it's lacking a
suspension |
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hole, possibly because it might not have been
finished. It has
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ancient chipping around the edges and at the base, but
is still
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quite a fascinating item seldom offered for sale.
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| RPBO1 |
An interesting lot of 4
reed sections, some of which |
Recovered in a cave on
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120.00 |
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were fire-treated and
which were all intended for use |
private property in Oregon |
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to join sections of a compound arrow. Quite a rare
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and unique group. These would make an excellent
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Ex: Dickson |
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addition to any perishables collection. |
Ex: Perino |
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| RPBO3 |
A well worked dark
greenish-gray stone, classified as a |
Recovered from
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60.00 |
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"Boatstone" by Greg Perino.
It shows nice grinding and |
the Arkansas River,
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polishing all around it's periphery as well as on side
B.
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Vian Bottoms, OK |
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Side A also has ancient polishing but retains an
abundance |
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of pitted marks from the host stone's original
surface.
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Ex: Perino |
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| DIBO2 |
YIKES!... An absolutely
GORGEOUS Museum-quality |
Only documented as
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2,600.00 |
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green and black circular
banded glacial slate Expanded |
being from Ohio
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Center Gorget. It's highly polished all the way around
and
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is the best example we have seen of this scarce type.
Tom |
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Davis gives this one a well deserved G10 grade.
Gorgets
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of this caliper are seldom seen for sale anywhere. |
Davis
COA (G10) |
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| TABBO1 |
An EXTREMELY RARE
one of a kind |
Offered for sale by the original finder
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3800.00 |
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highly polished
green, burgundy and |
who recovered this beauty on his own |
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brown serpentine Rabbit Effigy
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property near Grass Valley, California
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recovered in Maidu-Miwok territory,
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(more details to buyer) |
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dating at least 2000 to 3000 years old |
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| MHBO1449 |
A deep burgundy-brown
steatite |
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300.00 |
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Ear spool having a single
slight nick |
Contra Costa Co., CA |
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to one rim. (Left side of photo 3) |
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| MHBO1450 |
A beautiful black hematite
Ear spool having |
Recovered in |
650.00 |
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a single decorative
abalone shell disc |
Contra Costa Co., CA |
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mounted on one face. A very scarce item. |
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| MHBO1451 |
A very large mottled green
and black |
Recovered in |
750.00 |
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steatite Ear spool having
a highly polished |
Contra Costa Co., CA |
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face. A very rare item in excellent condition. |
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| SGBO2 |
A very interesting and very
rare conch shell mask |
Found in
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3000.00 |
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gorget. This one is HUGE
and an extremely rare |
Miller Co., GA |
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offering. It dates to the Mississippian period
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approximately 700 B.P. It's not as perfect as it's |
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sister, SGBO1 above and it has a bit of a ragged |
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tail end with some nicks to the outer layers around |
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it's edges and on it's surface, which is reflected in |
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it's price. Still a very unique and rare offering |
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| BMBO1 |
A rare and attractive green
banded slate |
Recovered in
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750.00 |
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banner stone, measuring
4-3/16 x 2-7/16 |
Warren county, Ohio
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MHBO805 |
A matching PAIR of HUGE
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Recovered in Humboldt Co., CA |
700.00 |
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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 |
350.00 |
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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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| GBBO3 |
A reddish-brown ground and
polished |
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250.00 |
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slate drilled pendant
having some |
undocumented
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surface features resembling exposure to |
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direct fire. It has a chip to one face
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near the bottom (photo 4) and some
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roughness to one edge near the stem.
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Additionally it is published in Charles
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Miles Indian & Eskimo Artifacts of
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North America, page 136, plate 5.8
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| DGBO11 |
A fairly thick (for type)
green and |
Recovered in
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500.00 |
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gray polished steatite ear
spool in |
Sacramento Co., CA |
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very good condition, but having a |
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few dings on the outer face.
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(photo 5) Still, quite a rare item |
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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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| MHBO1416 |
Two old mother of pearl
buttons. |
Found in |
15.00 |
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(Don't ask... I haven't a
clue either!) |
Navajo Co., AZ |
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| MHBO1304 |
A very nice attractive pair
of small |
Recovered near |
25.00 |
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clamshell pendants. These
look nice |
Hood River, Oregon |
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to dress-up an arrowhead case
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| DFBO1 |
A Canine tooth pendant
preform |
Recovered in
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20.00 |
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(undrilled) in very good
condition |
Oklahoma |
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| DFBO4 |
A Canine tooth pendant
preform |
Recovered in |
25.00 |
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(undrilled) having some
chipping |
Burns, OR |
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to it's end as well as to the
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concave inner edge (photo 3) |
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DFBO6 |
A pair of broken, incised
dentalium |
Recovered on private
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20.00 |
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shells, priced accordingly |
property near the
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Columbia River, WA |
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during the 1960's |
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DFBO7 |
A nice pair of slightly
chipped |
Recovered on private
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45.00 |
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and very rare minutely
incised |
property near the
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dentalium shells |
Columbia River, WA
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during the 1960's |
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| ACBO50 |
A very crusty duo, 1 being
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Recovered on private farmland near
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50.00 |
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drilled charmstone, the
other |
Alpaugh in Tulare Co., CA during the
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being a net-weight ring |
1950's through 1960's
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(More information to buyer)
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Ex: Leon Taylor |
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| MHBO1437 |
An abalone shell pendant
having a |
Recovered in |
45.00 |
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single hole in the body
and a cracked |
Humboldt Co., CA |
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edge at the top of the suspension hole.
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Quite a colorful and attractive piece. |
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| LSBO41 |
A neat little oval white
drilled |
Undocumented, from a |
50.00 |
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stone pendant. This one
doesn't |
New Mexico Collection |
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appear to be all that old,
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probably from the late 1800's |
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| LSBO43 |
A neat little white with
reddish |
Undocumented, from a |
50.00 |
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hues drilled stone pendant.
This |
New Mexico Collection |
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one doesn't appear to be all that
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old, probably from the late 1800's |
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DFBO5 |
An interesting incised gray
slate |
Recovered on the
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40.00 |
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Beaver Tail pendant
preform |
Columbia River near
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(undrilled)
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Vantage, WA |
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| GBBO10 |
A slightly battered,
somewhat crudely |
Found in |
175.00 |
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made banded slate Gorget
having |
Jackson Co., OK |
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excellent mineralization as testimony
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to it's antiquity. Not a bad filler piece
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| DABO721 |
A very aged Canine Tooth
Pendant which |
Found on the |
20.00 |
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has some damage,
especially to one end |
Columbia River
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in Oregon |
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| DABO722 |
A very nice iridescent
drilled triangular Shell |
Found on the |
40.00 |
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Pendant which is missing
sections from the surface |
Columbia River
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on side B, although it still retains it's full form. |
in Oregon |
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| DABO726 |
A most interesting Knobbed
Bone Pendant which, |
Found on the |
65.00 |
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from the usage wear, was a
functioning item, possibly |
Columbia River
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used as a "Marrow Scoop" in ancient times |
in Oregon |
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| DABO727 |
A fairly rustic drilled
Antler Pendant which is |
Found on the |
50.00 |
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pretty much "all there" as
it was made and |
Columbia River
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worn in ancient times |
in Oregon |
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| DGBO8 |
A pretty nice
double-drilled and |
Recovered in
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175.00 |
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highly polished green and
tan |
Sacramento, CA area |
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unknown host stone pendant
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having wavy horizontal lines
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which have an iridescent quality |
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(It resembles Tiger Eye) |
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| MHBO959 |
A light brown unfinished
pierced but |
Recovered on the
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10.00 |
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not drilled stone pendant preform |
Columbia River in
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having surface nicks along 2 edges
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Washington
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(photo 4) |
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| MHBO683 |
A wooden weaving spindle
having |
From Chancaz, Peru |
25.00 |
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red, white and blue
painted bands |
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with a black incised and painted
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bead in excellent condition
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Ex: Michael Hough
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DFBO8 |
Two VERY long (for type)
dentalium |
Recovered on private
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65.00 |
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shells having extremely
intricate incising |
property near the
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geometric patterns, a very nice set
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Columbia River, WA
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during the 1960's |
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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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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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