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	Ancient Indian arrowheads and Artifacts from the Columbia River in Washington and Oregon.
	Artifacts from the Columbia River areas have long been known to be made of some
	of the absolute best and most colorful material to be found anywhere in the world !

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Item:	Type: Eastgate Dart Point	Provenance:	Price
JFCR106	Personally, since I still hunt the Columbia River myself, this is one of my	Recovered from	125.00
	favorite materials; A fairly large (for type) multi-colored, semi-translucent	the Dalles, OR
	white, clear, red & brown gemstone agate Dart point which shows detailed
	flaking on side A, but a 50% flat, un-worked section on side B. (The Native
	Americans did "only the necessary", opting for functionality over beauty.)
	Era: Developmental to Classic Phase - 400 to 1500 years old	Ex: Milton Tuck

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Item:	Type: Rose Springs Corner Notched	Provenance:	Price
JFCR107	A nice nearly translucent yellow agate Arrowhead having a single	Recovered from	40.00
	white horizontal band near the tip. Well formed and well flaked.	the Dalles, OR	9/4 ON-HOLD je
	Era: Developmental to Classic Phase - 600 to 1600 years old	Ex: Milton Tuck

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Item:	Type: Rose Springs Stemmed Arrowhead	Provenance:	Price
JFCR108	A very pleasant and delicate white and honey colored agate Arrowhead.	Recovered from	40.00
	It's very well worked by an advanced knapper and it's only flaw is a	the Dalles, OR
	nibble missing from one corner of the stem, still a most attractive piece.
	Era: Developmental to Classic Phase - 600 to 1600 years old	Ex: Milton Tuck

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Item:	Type: Unspecified	Provenance:	Price
RPCR6	Provenance undocumented, so typing this one is problematic, it	Undocumented	22.00
	resembles the Pekisko type from the Northern Plains areas but
	the material and form also resembles Desert Delta points found
	in Washington, on the Columbia River. The patination is more
	indicative of desert region types rather than types recovered on
	the rivers.	Ex: Greg Perino

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Item:	Type: Rock Shelter Cobble Tools	Provenance:	Price
RPCR8	A highly unusual pair of river cobble tools, surmised by the finder	Recovered from a rock	250.00
	to be prying tools for opening clamshells, and from the usage	shelter on the Columbia
	wear, I'm inclined to agree with this assessment. These come with	River in Kittitas Co., WA
	a detailed hand-lettered history of origin by the finder. (The finder
	states that these are the only 2 of this type of artifact he found in
	more than 10 years of hunting this area) Quite fascinating and
	unique tools!	Ex: Greg Perino

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Item:	Type: Columbia Plateau	Provenance:	Price
RPCR9	A very nice, very thin and extremely well formed and well	Recovered from	120.00
	worked translucent agate Arrowhead created by a very	the John Day River
	advanced knapper. (Mounted on an index card by it's original finder.)	in Oregon
	Period/Age: Classic-Historic phases - 200-500 B.P.	Ex: Greg Perino

Item:	Type: Columbia River Collection	Provenance:	Price
DFCR76	A spectacular collection of 66 varied Columbia River Arrowheads in a great	Recovered from the	1,200.00
	cross-section of the gemstone material which is to be found nowhere else in the	Columbia River in
	world. This nice group was assembled during the 1950's and has remained as a	Washington
	private collection until now. From hunting the same areas myself, I can testify that
	this assemblage is probably the culmination of an effort spanning many many years.		dlca

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JACR38	A nice medium-sized off-white calcedony Merrybell Arrowhead	Recovered from the	60.00
	made on a larger flake and retaining 40% of the original flake's flat	Columbia River in
	surface on side B. (photo5) Side A also has a flat section, dead	Oregon
	center, remaining from a percussion flake during the initial phases of
	it's creation. (photo 4) Still a good looking piece with a darker gray
	diagonal band running through it's centerline on side B. (photo 3)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TCSCR3	A nice burgundy chert Eastgate Arrowhead, fairly well flaked on both faces	Recovered from the	40.00
	by an intermediate knapper. It has a single, slight vertical "step", dead center	Columbia River in
	on side B, from where the host stone material resisted flaking attempts. It's	Oregon
	slightly asymmetrical, as made, with an anciently over-worked,
	mis-matching barb. (left barb or tang in photo 2) Still an attractive piece.	Ex: Tom Lively

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TCSCR4	A fairly delicate and attractive mottled beige and purple chert	Recovered from the	45.00
	Eastgate Arrowhead which is well flaked on both faces by an	Columbia River in
	intermediate knapper. It's slightly asymmetrical, as made and	Oregon
	has no modern damage.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TCSCR5	A very attractive and delicate mottled red and burgundy agate Gunther Barbed	Recovered from the	65.00
	Arrowhead, well worked on both faces by a very experienced knapper. It has	Rogue River in
	very minute and intricate edge serrations and a most unfortunate single missing	Oregon
	tang. It has remnants of asphaltum, which was used as a binding agent for hafting
	in and above both notches. This is one piece which is worthy of restoration.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TCSCR6	A mottled purplish-brown agate Eastgate Arrowhead having	Recovered from the	50.00
	lighter horizontal banding. It's thoroughly flaked on both faces	Columbia River in	1/17 ON-HOLD rl
	by a very advanced knapper, but retains an 8% flat section on	Oregon
	side B at and just above the hafting line, left from the original
	host stone's surface. It has slight river polish and is an overall
	pleasant looking piece.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TCSCR7	A very mottled off-white, tan and light gray agate	Recovered from the	30.00
	Eastgate Arrowhead which is well flaked on both	Columbia River in	9/15 ON-HOLD unk
	faces but has an ancient nick to the ends of each	Oregon
	barb as well as to one corner of the base.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TCSCR10	An interesting translucent ice agate Gunther Barbed	Recovered from the	15.00
	Arrowhead, which is well made by an advanced knapper	Rogue River in	5/20 ON-HOLD db
	and has very intricate edge serrations. The tips of both barbs	Oregon
	as well as the end of the stem are anciently chipped off, and
	it was broken and re-glued just above the centerline.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TCSCR11	A fairly small and delicate mottled light gray and burgundy	Recovered from the	30.00
	Rabbit Island Arrowhead, well flaked on both faces by an	Columbia River in
	experienced knapper. The barbs are asymmetrical, but this	Oregon
	one is "all there" as anciently made and used.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
TCSCR12	A very small, nicely formed purplish burgundy chert Rose Springs	Recovered from	25.00
	Bird point arrowhead which is well worked on both faces by an	the Dalles on the
	experienced knapper. It has a very ancient nick to the tip of one	Columbia River
	barb, and one corner of the stem is asymmetrical, as made, but	in Oregon
	this one is otherwise "all there" as it was made and used long ago.	Ex: Les Packer

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR75	A quite rare "Beaver tail" pattern incised creek rock.	Benton Co., WA	250.00
	These were normally used as pendants, but this one is larger
	than most pendants I have seen and it's lacking a suspension
	hole, possibly because it might not have been finished. It has
	ancient chipping around the edges and at the base, but is still
	quite a fascinating item seldom offered for sale.		dlbo17

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
RPCR2	A fairly large and extremely crude red petrified wood	Found on the Columbia River in 1951	100.00
	Knife blade which has lighter pink and white petrified	in Kittitas Co., WA (It retains the
	"worm burrows" throughout it's surface. It shows	original finder's label of provenance)
	sparse flaking patterns along both edges as well as on
	the convex base. A very fascinating and unique piece.	Ex: Perino

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DACR761	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.		dldato761

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
SWCR522	A good-sized purplish brown-gray chert Cascade Shouldered Knife Blade, very	Recovered on Miller's Island,	135.00
	well flaked on both faces, although most of the flaking patterns on side B are	Klickitat County, WA
	from the initial percussion flaking stage with fine pressure flaking patterns around	(details to buyer including site
	the edges, as is typical for knife blades. Side A has a vertical 1/2" dip/depression	map and finder's write-up)
	in the center, below the tip, best shown in photo 5 which is a remnant left from a
	percussion strike. There is also a through-and-through horizontal "inclusion line"
	which runs through this "dip" and is more pronounced on side A, but is also
	notable on side B. (shown on the darker sections in photos 2, 4 and 5 near the
	tip) It has a very small ancient "clip" to the very tip, most likely from ancient
	usage. Still quite an attractive meaty knife blade which has good hafting traits on
	the base and good intricate pressure flaking patterns to it's cutting edges.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
SWCR526	A slightly undersized (for type) semi-translucent very light gray	Recovered on Miller's Island,	40.00
	and clear agate Plateau Pentagonal hafted Knife form which was	Klickitat County, WA
	reduced by ancient sharpenings to it's very first stage for use as a	(details to buyer including site
	Drill form, which accounts for it's rounded tip. It's very well and	map and finder's write-up)
	thoroughly flaked on both faces by a very advanced knapper and
	I would have to call it "intact" as anciently used. A most interesting
	study in the evolution and recycling of ancient hand tools.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JACR3	A very pleasant mottled light brown jasper Quilomene Bar Arrowhead which has	Recovered on the Columbia	450.00
	lighter yellowish-brown diagonal flowing bands. It's a larger example of this point	River near the town of
	type and is well flaked on both faces with only 1 small (1/8" long), short step on	Condon in Gilliam Co., OR
	side B. (middle of blade to right side in photo 4) If it weren't for the ancient
	"nibbles" to the tip, this one would have easily made it's way to the Gem Points
	page. Still an outstanding and classic example of this unusual shaped type.	Ex: Vernon Immel Collection

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JACR4	A very crude and fairly thick semi-translucent white agate Quilomene Bar	Recovered on the Columbia	35.00
	Knife form having no real outstanding damage. The crudeness of this	River near the town of
	ancient piece is partially owing to the difficulty in working the material	Condon in Gilliam Co., OR
	chosen coupled with the obvious lack of experience on the knapper's
	part. (And I can just hear him speaking to me from the happy hunting
	ground, saying "gimme a break... I was only 9 when I made that one!")	Ex: Vernon Immel Collection

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JACR5	A very attractive semi-translucent yellow and cream colored	Recovered on the Columbia	275.00
	agate Quilomene Bar Arrowhead which is well flaked on both	River near the town of
	faces by an experienced (upper-) intermediate knapper. This	Condon in Gilliam Co., OR
	one's a problem-free Arrowhead, and if it weren't for the
	(slight) lack of perfect symmetry and craftsmanship, it would
	have been a solid candidate for the Gem Points page.	Ex: Vernon Immel Collection

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DACR702	A nice sized mottled brown jasper/agate Knife	Found on the	75.00
	blade showing a 1/2" long lateral sear to one	Columbia River
	edge leading from the tip. Still a great looking	in Oregon
	artifact, thoroughly flaked on both faces

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DACR704	A very nice deep mottled purplish-brown Cascade	Recovered from	125.00
	Shouldered Knife form, thoroughly flaked on both	Umatilla, OR
	faces and problem-free. Just a nice attractive piece	Lang COA

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DACR699	A nice fair-sized mottled brown and black	Found on the	45.00
	jasper with sections of agate Columbia River	Columbia River
	Mule Ear blade which is quite asymmetrical	in Oregon

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DACR716	A somewhat small (for type) mottled pink, tan and	Found on the	45.00
	gray chert Columbia Mule Ear knife form. It's missing	Columbia River
	it's tip, and is just a so-so piece, in my humble opinion,	in Oregon
	but I was never crazy about Mule Ears to begin with.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DACR700	A mottled gray chert Plateau Pentagonal Knife blade	Found on the	25.00
	which is all but spent from ancient resharpenings	Columbia River
		in Oregon

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DACR730	A teeny-weeny incised bone tube Bead.	Found on the	35.00
	Quite an unusual item	Columbia River
		in Oregon

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DACR731	A nice varied set of 4 bone Gaming Pieces,	Found on the	30.00
	intact, as they were used	Columbia River
		in Oregon

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DICR2	A yummy mottled brown and blue-gray agate	Found on Blalock Island	275.00
	(Jackson COA calls it Chalcedony) Archaic	in the Columbia River,
	Knife blade, well flaked on both faces, although	Benton Co., WA
	the flaking on side B is mostly by percussion with	Ex: Guy Cross
	secondary pressure flaking to the cutting edges.	Jackson COA

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR62	A delicate black chert Rose Springs Side-	Recovered between	20.00
	notched arrowhead which is well flaked on	Vantage and Priest Rapids
	both faces by an intermediate knapper	on the Columbia River
		in Washington

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR65	A mottled gray and brown agate Rabbit Island Dart	Recovered between	16.00
	point created by a barely intermediate knapper. It	Vantage and Priest Rapids
	has a single diagonal ledge running from the right side	on the Columbia River
	of the base in photo 4 to just above the right barb.	in Washington

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DICR1	A very slender, delicate purple-gray-brown Columbia	Recovered in	160.00
	River Pencil Drill made on a flake. Side A is well worked	Yakima Co., WA
	while side B retains 30% of the original flake's surface in
	a vertical line running up the center. It has the slightest
	spider bite to the tip but is really a nice little gem. These	Ex: Carlson
	are somewhat scarce, because of their delicate make-up,	Ex: Roy Capps
	not many survived the torrents of the Columbia River.	Jackson COA

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR40	A reasonably large (for type) very light gray chert	Recovered on the Columbia River	110.00
	Quilomene Bar dart point made by an intermediate	near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
	knapper. It has a nick to the tip of one barb and a
	slight nick to the tip. Still quite an attractive piece

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR42	A mottled white and gray agate-	Recovered on the Columbia River	20.00
	chert Merrybell Arrowhead well	near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
	flaked on both faces

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR49	A fairly worked down mottled brown, gray and	Recovered on the Columbia River	35.00
	red petrified wood Columbia Mule Ear knife blade.	near Vantage, WA during the 1960's
	It's well flaked on both faces in a material which
	fought the knapping efforts at every turn. It has a
	slightly flat section (15%) on side B, to the right of
	the centerline from the original host stone's rind.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
MHCR1353	An interesting burgundy chert Columbia Plateau	Recovered in	30.00
	arrowhead which lost one tang long ago, and	Washington Co., OR
	which didn't take it out of commission. It's well	by Les Packer
	flaked on both faces by a very advanced knapper.

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JFCR85	A good set of 4 "Phoenix Era" metal	Recovered from	60.00
	buttons having blank faces, some	The Dalles, OR
	slightly corroded but completely intact	Ex: Charles Hall

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JFCR86	A good set of 4 "Phoenix Era"	Recovered from	60.00
	metal buttons having blank faces.	The Dalles, OR
	One has a broken loop (photo 5)
	but the others are completely intact	Ex: Charles Hall

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JFCR87	A good set of 4 "Phoenix Era" metal	Recovered from	60.00
	buttons having blank faces, some	The Dalles, OR
	slightly corroded but completely intact	Ex: Charles Hall

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JFCR88	A miniature gray dacite Humboldt Dart	Recovered from	25.00
	point showing crude flaking patterns to	The Dalles, OR
	both faces by a novice knapper	Ex: Charles Hall

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JFCR91	A nice pair of pierced/drilled thin copper	Recovered from	125.00
	pendants from the post-contact era.	The Dalles, OR
	These are quite rare!	Ex: Charles Hall

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JFCR92	A very unusual and very scarce post contact	Recovered from	140.00
	iron arrowhead. Not to be confused with the	The Dalles, OR
	iron "Trade Points" which were created in
	Europe, this one is "Indian-made", most likely
	from part of a European rifle	Ex: Charles Hall

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
JFCR96	A semi-translucent yellow and orange	Recovered from	50.00
	agate Rabbit Island Dart point, well	The Dalles, OR
	flaked on side A and having nice edge
	serrations. Side B is a different story,
	where it retains about 30% of the original
	host stone's cortex right in the center	Ex: Charles Hall

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR39	A nice light gray, tan and burgundy chert Unclassified	Unfortunately undocumented,	100.00
	Triangular dart point having a purplish hue, mostly on side	although it came as part of a
	B and having a single narrow flute to side A. It appears	larger Columbia River case
	to have lost the base/stem in ancient times and the edge
	of the base was re-worked to put it back into service

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR33	A medium-sized semi-translucent white, light gray, light	Recovered near the	75.00
	brown and red agate Atlatl Valley Triangular knife	Okanogan River, WA
	form, well flaked on side B with micro flaking to one
	edge. Side A has a flat section remaining from the
	original hoststone covering the entire right cutting edge
	of side B, shown in photo 5. It also has an ancient nick
	to the base (photo 7) caused by an overly aggressive
	pressure flaking attempt, but is still an attractive piece

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR38	A white and light gray agate Rabbit Island arrowhead	Found near	18.00
	well flaked on both faces to a median ridge and	Priest Rapids, WA
	having a slight, 10% flat in the center of side B just
	above the base. It has a nibble from the tip

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR2	A nice sized, very sturdy semi-translucent white	Recovered on the	65.00
	and brown agate Cascade knife blade made on	Columbia River in
	a large flake and retaining the flakes percussion	Washington
	bulb on the stem of side B. Side B is sparsely
	flaked around the edges, while side A is more
	thoroughly flaked, mostly around the edges and
	side A has a stack right in the center of the blade

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DACR696	A somewhat crude mottled burgundy, red,	Recovered on the	30.00
	orange, tan and brown petrified wood hand-	Columbia River
	held (as opposed to hafting) Cascade Knife	in Oregon
	blade. It's well flaked, mostly around the edges
	and has an interesting form with finger rest areas
	on both faces. It has the original striking
	platform on the end of the base. (Photos 6 & 7)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR10	A yummy horizontally banded red,	Recovered on the	22.00
	yellow, pink and honey colored agate	Columbia River in
	Rabbit Island dart point fairly well flaked	Washington
	on both faces in a rushed, random fashion

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR17	An interesting off-white, red, blue-gray	Recovered on the	18.00
	and brown diagonally banded petrified	Columbia River in
	wood Paddle Drill. It's fairly well flaked	Washington
	on both faces with a large "step" on the
	base (photo 6)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR18	A light green, red and tan agate	Recovered on the	18.00
	Cottonwood Leaf dart point, crudely and	Columbia River in
	hurriedly flaked on both faces. It retains a	Washington
	30% section of the original host stone's rind
	on the lower portion of side B. (photo 4)

Item:	Type:	Provenance:	Price
DFCR30	A semi-translucent tan and rose-colored	Recovered on the	18.00
	agate Columbia Plateau arrowhead	Columbia River in
	thoroughly flaked on both faces with a median	Washington
	ridge on side A. The very end of one tang and
	the stem were anciently chipped away

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