Bone, Shell and (Ornamental) Stone Page 3   Page 1   Page 2  

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GBBO10 A slightly battered, somewhat crudely Found in 175.00
made banded slate Gorget having Jackson Co., OK
excellent mineralization as testimony
to it's antiquity. Not a bad filler piece

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MHBO924 A very nice and rare greenish-gray, black  Recovered in 1,800.00
and pink Steatite Pipe. It has some surface Contra Costa Co., CA
cracking but is essentially intact, as made (Details to buyer) ON-HOLD

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SWBO10 A Columbia River Grooved Pendant   Found along the Columbia SOLD
made from fine-grained river cobble. It River in Kittitas County,
is long and narrow with a groove in the Washington. Additional details
upper portion to facilitate suspension including finder and location
from a cord. The bottom half is knife- found provided to buyer
like and was separated just below the
midsection before manufacture. The  
bottom tip is tapered and some surface
areas exhibit signs of soft grinding. This
is a very unique style never before
offered for sale Stermer COA 3/5

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MHBO963 An interesting polished and incised bone  Strickland mound, CA 50.00
tube bead, chipped on one end and having
a lengthy surface crack on the other

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CFBO4 A nice pair of very old Quay Co., NM 30.00
polished bone Awls  

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RSBO3 An interesting greenish-gray hardstone Recovered in 175.00
Charmstone Pre-form. It has a couple of Humboldt Co., CA
indentations on one face.  (photos 3 & 5)
Quite a scarce little study piece

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MBBO77 A short bone awl having Montezuma Co., CO SOLD
damage to the distal end 5/24

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MBBO76 A medium-sized bone awl, Montezuma Co., CO 30.00
completely intact as it was made

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MBBO75 A sun-bleached bone pendant which is Montezuma Co., CO 15.00
missing a section at one end and it has a 
vertical crack travelling all the way down one
side from baking in the sun over many years 5/27 ON-HOLD

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RFBO2 A very nicely made mottled Only  documented as 750.00
green and off-white highly being from California
polished granite Charmstone Ex: Ed Butkus

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MHBO479 A scarce gray hardstone Charmstone Recovered from an 110.00
having a few farming machinery digs. ancient village site
  Published in Lar Hothem's north of San Jose, CA  
  Ornamental Indian Artifacts,    
pg. 160, plate 3, row 1, number 7 Ex: Michael Hough

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BMBO1 A rare and attractive green banded slate Recovered in 750.00

banner stone, measuring 4-3/16 x 2-7/16

 Warren county, Ohio
Tom Davis gave this one a grade of G5. Davis COA

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MHBO867 Sort of a Plain Jane drilled steatite pendant Found in 125.00
which was probably the "unfinished" partner to Santa Clara Co., CA
MHBO868 below. It is similar to the steatite  
pendants which were published in Lar Hothem's
Ornamental Indian Artifacts, on page 216

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MHBO868 A very nice drilled steatite disc pendant Found in 175.00
having incised square patterns, which Santa Clara Co., CA
was probably the finished partner to
MHBO867 above. It is similar to the  
steatite pendants which were published
in Lar Hothem's Ornamental Indian
Artifacts, on page 216

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MHBO869 A fairly large dark gray double-drilled Found in 175.00
steatite pendant having shallow incised Santa Clara Co., CA
diamond patterns. It has indentations
from ancient suspension, probably as a
breastplate ornament. It is similar to the  
steatite pendants which were published in
Lar Hothem's Ornamental Indian
Artifacts, on page 216

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MHBO875 A very meaty gray steatite pendant having 4 Recovered in 130.00
drilled holes. It's the matching partner to Kern Co., CA
MHBO876 below and is published in Lar (details to buyer) 
Hothem's Ornamental Indian Artifacts, page
223, plate 4, number 3. It has a surface 
crack, shown in photo 6 by the yellow arrow
which, under microscopic examination
appears to be caused by differing heights to
the layers in the host stone, and is NOT a
through-and-through repaired break

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MHBO876 A very meaty gray steatite pendant  Recovered in 165.00
having 4 drilled holes. It's the matching Kern Co., CA
partner to MHBO875 above and is   (details to buyer) 
published in Lar Hothem's Ornamental
Indian Artifacts, page 223, plate 4,
number 1.

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MHBO877 A fairly large and "hefty" polished  Recovered in 175.00
and drilled steatite pendant which Kern Co., CA
is published in Lar Hothem's (details to buyer) 
Ornamental Indian Artifacts,
page 223, plate 4, number 2.

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MHBO878 A very nice and very rare polished black Found in 200.00
steatite drilled pendant having 2 rows of Santa Clara Co., CA
incised square patterns on one face. It by L.L. Valdivia
has slight surface scratching damage on (details to buyer)
side A (photo 5) It is published in Lar
Hothem's Ornamental Indian Artifacts,
page 216, plate 2, number 2

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GBBO3 A reddish-brown ground and polished Provenance 250.00
slate drilled pendant having some  undocumented
surface features resembling exposure to
direct fire. It has a chip to one face
near the bottom (photo 4) and some
roughness to one edge near the stem.
Additionally it is published in Charles
Miles Indian & Eskimo Artifacts of
North America, page 136, plate 5.8

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MHBO879 A very nice and very rare polished gray Found in 185.00
steatite drilled pendant having incised  Santa Clara Co., CA
diamond and dot patterns on one face. It by L.L. Valdivia
has slight surface damage near one end   (details to buyer)
on side A (photo 6) It is published in Lar
Hothem's Ornamental Indian Artifacts,
page 216, plate 2, number 1

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DGBO11 A fairly thick (for type) green and   Recovered in 500.00
gray polished steatite ear spool in Sacramento Co., CA
very good condition, but having a
few dings on the outer face.
(photo 5) Still, quite a rare item

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DGBO6 A heavily incised bird bone  Recovered in 100.00
healing wand. These are scarce Sacramento, CA area
in any condition and most
haven't survived the ages 4/2 ON-HOLD

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DGBO7 A heavily incised bird bone   Recovered in 250.00
healing wand which was broken Sacramento, CA area
into 3 sections and re-glued with
a paper roll inserted for
additional support. These are
scarce in any condition and
most haven't survived the ages

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DGBO8 A pretty nice double-drilled and Recovered in 175.00
highly polished green and tan Sacramento, CA area
unknown host stone pendant
having wavy horizontal lines
which have an iridescent quality
(It resembles Tiger Eye)

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MHBO965 A pinkish-tan polished From Humboldt Co., CA 40.00
stone gaming disk  

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MHBO1150 A very aged, highly polished Found by L.L. Valdivia in 35.00
bone awl in excellent condition Santa Clara Co., CA
(details to buyer)
Ex: Michael Hough

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MHBO1152 A highly polished white Found on Silva's Island 35.00
animal bone awl in Marin Co., CA
by L.L. Valdivia
Ex: Michael Hough

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MHBO1154 A stubby highly polished animal bone Found by L.L. Valdivia 40.00
awl which is "all there" as it was made in Santa Clara Co., CA
and used (details to buyer)
Ex: Michael Hough

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MHBO1155 A stubby highly polished and very Found by L.L. Valdivia 40.00
aged animal bone awl which has a in Santa Clara Co., CA
section missing from one side (details to buyer)
Ex: Michael Hough

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MHBO1156 A very aged, highly polished animal Undocumented, 55.00
bone awl in perfect condition California
Ex: Michael Hough

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MHBO1157 A very aged, highly polished animal Undocumented, 55.00
bone awl in perfect condition California
Ex: Michael Hough

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MHBO1158 A very nice and very long aged white Found on Silva's Island 45.00
animal bone awl in perfect condition in Marin Co., CA
by L.L. Valdivia
Ex: Michael Hough

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MHBO1159 A very aged medium sized polished Found on Silva's Island 40.00
bone hair pin in excellent condition in Marin Co., CA
by L.L. Valdivia
Ex: Michael Hough

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BDBO3 A very nice group of 7 baked Found in 85.00
clay and stone Gaming markers Navajo Co., AZ  

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MHBO927 A unique animal scapula bone saw Recovered in 85.00
which is missing the very end. Quite a  N. San Jose, CA
rare item which comes with full history. (Details to buyer)
Attributed to the Costanoan tribe Ex: Pete Gallic

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MHBO950 A nice set of 3 drilled Listed only as being from the Carrol B. Howe 40.00
abalone shell pendants collection, with no further information
(Northern California is "assumed")

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MHBO959 A light brown unfinished pierced but Recovered on the 20.00
not drilled stone pendant preform Columbia River in
having surface nicks along 2 edges Washington
(photo 4)

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MHBO683 A wooden weaving spindle having From Chancaz, Peru 55.00
red, white and blue painted bands
with a black incised and painted
bead in excellent condition Ex: Michael Hough

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MHBO961 A nice, completely Recovered from Gunther 20.00
intact bone awl Island in Humboldt Bay,
CA by Dr. H.H. Stuart

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DABO468 An old bone wedge in very  From the 20.00

good shape, considering it's

 Columbia River, WA
strenuous task.

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DABO469 An interesting, somewhat rectangular From the 50.00

shaped section of petrified bone having

Columbia River
17 tally marks along a single edge. in Oregon
Usage is unknown.

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DABO470 A very old, quite worn and Recovered on the 20.00
highly polished bone awl Columbia River, WA

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MHBO863 A VERY long fossilized bird Recovered on private land SOLD
bone Awl / pendant in just in SE Oregon
excellent condition

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DGBO9 A very rare bone hairpin having Recovered in 250.00
a groove running down one side Santa Barbara Co., CA
(Chumash Territory)

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JOBO1 An extremely rare bison carving (lower right hand Found in Lake Albert The consignor of this item is
corner, photo 1) published in Lar Hothem's Rare and area, Kingsbury County accepting (reasonable) offers
Unusual Indian Artifacts-Identification and Value Guide South Dakota, it is for this rare item. To Make an
on page 195 it states: Buffalo (bison) image found in offered by the finder offer, simply send an email to
summer of 1999. Incised on a pipestone (catlinite) slab  tbaxter99@msn.com with a
Probably a woodlands/plains village piece. It was also subject line of "JOBO1" and
published in Indian Artifacts Magazine. your offer in the body of the
A nice museum grade item email

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