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  Ancient Indian arrowheads and Artifacts from the Columbia River      
  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 !  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWCR6 An interesting semi-translucent mottled gray, Recovered on the 95.00
brown and red agate Mule Ear knife blade. Klickitat River in
This one is thoroughly flaked on both faces Washington
by an advanced knapper and was greatly
worked down from ancient resharpenings

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWCR7 A nice mottled off-white, light gray and  Recovered on the 85.00
burgundy agate Mule Ear hafted knife blade Klickitat River in
thoroughly flaked on both faces by an  Washington
advanced knapper. It has an ancient nick to
one cutting edge just above the horizontal
centerline (photo 2), still an attractive piece

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR1003 Kind of a ho-hum mottled Recovered on the 20.00
gray and burgundy chert Columbia River, WA
Desert General arrowhead
made by a novice knapper

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR1006 A very pretty mottled pink, orange and  Recovered from SOLD
red chert Columbia Plateau arrowhead The Columbia River, WA
made on a flake and retaining 30% of
the original flake's surface on side B.  
Quite a unique piece

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR1009 A nice little gray chert Eastgate Split  Found on the 40.00
Stem arrowhead. Thoroughly flaked Columbia River
on side A, but retaining 30% of a by Les Packer
flake's original surface on side B. It
appears to be "all there" as made

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR1011 A very nice dark gray with white speckles Found on the 85.00
chert Dagger arrowhead in almost perfect Columbia River
condition. It is missing a single tang (which by Les Packer
was very small to start with) which was
anciently lost. Flaking patterns are thorough
and very well done on both faces by a near-
master knapper

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR1012 A horizontally banded mottled blue, Recovered from 50.00
gray and white chert Priest Rapids The Dalles, OR
dart point having a spider bite to one
tang. It's thoroughly flaked on both 
faces, but the flaking patterns are only
of an intermediate knapper's style

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR1014 A gorgeous translucent, opalescent Found by Les Packer SOLD
moonstone agate Klickitat arrowhead    at The Dalles, OR
having a honey colored cast. Flaking
is very thorough on both faces, done
by a near-master knapper. It appears
to be as perfect as the day it was
made; just an outstanding piece

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
KGCR109 A fairly thin and delicate tan chert John Day Rapids, OR 100.00
Columbia Plateau arrowhead
having a partial brown horizontal
band near the tip. One tang
appears to have been anciently
sheared off and salvaged. Ex: Ralph Groom

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR367 A small and very thin red chert Jackson County, 24.00

Gunther arrowhead having

S. Oregon
small bites from all 3 lower
appendages. Thoroughly
flaked with tannic river staining Ex: Lloyd Butcher

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR369 A gorgeous, fairly large (for type) Jackson County, 24.00

mottled light pink and white chert

S. Oregon
Gunther barbed arrowhead. Well
made, but having a missing tang Ex: Lloyd Butcher

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR373 A mottled red and burgundy Columbia River, 30.00

chert hafted Cascade blade,

Oregon
having shallow notches

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR375 A nice, slightly thick, mottled Columbia River 35.00

grayish-brown Cascade knife

blade

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR377 A quite small and interesting  Sandy River, OR 30.00

mottled red, purple, white and blue

  
chert Cascade blade with a flat
hafting area at the base on side B

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR2 A sturdy and well-worked down blue Recovered on the 40.00

moonstone agate Plateau Pentagonal

Snake River in Idaho
knife blade, anciently re-sharpened Ex: Crandall collection
almost to it's final stage as a knife. On second examination, this one actually could be a Gunther Preform 6/1 ON-HOLD

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR5 A rustic medium brown and Recovered on the 30.00

burgundy chert Columbia Mule

Columbia River
Ear blade almost worked down
to a drill form

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR9 A glossy mottled brown and red Recovered in SOLD

jasper Plateau Pentagonal knife

Skamania County, WA
blade well used in ancient times 4/1

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR13 A very nice, sturdy and well made Recovered on the 75.00

mottled purple, burgundy, medium 

Snake River in Idaho
brown and white jasper hafted Cascade Ex: Crandall Collection
knife blade having very fine edgework 5/14 ON-HOLD

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR370 A beautiful translucent Recovered in 125.00
moonstone agate Snake River Benton Co., WA
  dart point made on a flake and by Les Packer  
  having curvature from the host    
  flake as well as 30% of the     
  original flake's surface on side B.    
  It has a small nick to the tip, but    
is otherwise in excellent condition Ex: Michael Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
KGCR66 A mottled tan and light gray chert   The Dalles, OR 75.00
Rabbit Island dart point, thoroughly
flaked and well made with a nick to
one ear and a tick bite to the tip

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR571 An attractive semi-translucent  Recovered in the 22.00
moonstone agate Rabbit Island Willamette Valley near
arrowhead having 2 diagonal Sweet Home, OR
pink bands near the tip. Both
tangs and the tip have nicks

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR724 A semi-translucent yellow and brown agate Found by Les Packer SOLD
Rose Springs Stemmed arrowhead, made on the Hood River in
on a flake with 20% of the original flake's Oregon
surface showing on side B, in the center
near the tip. The remainder of the surfaces
are thoroughly flaked by an intermediate 
knapper. It has a slight nick to one corner
of the stem as well as to the tip of one tang.
Still a pretty nice looking point Ex: Michael Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR727 A very thin translucent ice agate Rabbit Found by Les Packer SOLD
Island dart point having a yellowish cast. on the Hood River in
Thoroughly flaked by a near-master   Oregon
knapper, It is missing about 30% of one side
of the stem, which, due to an imperfection in
the host stone was probably lost while the
point was being manufactured but didn't  
prevent this one from being put into service Ex: Michael Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR734 A very slender and delicate brown Found by Les Packer  100.00
jasper Dagger point well flaked by an on the Columbia River
advanced knapper but having a narrow near The Dalles, OR
vertical flat line running down the center
of side A from the original flake's surface Ex: Michael Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR735 A paper-thin mottled brown, tan and Found by Les Packer 60.00
gray agate Columbia Plateau on the Columbia River
arrowhead originally made on a near The Dalles, OR
flake but having all of the original
flake's surface removed through
masterful secondary pressure flaking Ex: Michael Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR736 A beige, tan and brown agate Found by Les Packer on 25.00
Columbia Plateau arrowhead, the Columbia River near
thoroughly flaked on both faces but The Dalles, OR
having a nick to the tip, a spider
bite to the tip of one tang and a
slight stack on side B near the tip Ex: Michael Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR737 A fairly thin mottled brown jasper Found by Les Packer on 35.00
Columbia Plateau arrowhead, the Columbia River near
well flaked on both faces. The Dalles, OR
Ex: Michael Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHCR739 A very thin white, gray and Found by Les Packer on 18.00
orange chert Rabbit Island the Columbia River near
arrowhead well flaked on The Dalles, OR
both faces but having Ex: Michael Hough
MODERN RECHIPPING
to both sides of the very tip

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JDCR7 An interesting mottled red, white and Found on the 18.00
burgundy chert Desert General arrowhead Columbia River
which has been beat up in ancient times. 
Side B is mostly flat, with minimal flaking to
the periphery of the edges and tip. It also
appears to have been anciently re-based,
most likely after sustaining damage from a
"missed shot". Flaking is of a beginner
knapper's caliper, still a colorful point

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
JDCR8 A delicate blue-gray chalcedony Rabbit Found on the 12.00
Island arrow point, made on a flake, and Columbia River
retaining 40% of the flake's original flat  
surface on side B, and having an overt flat on
35% of side A's surface, in the center, where
pressure flaking was only done around the
edges. It has a nick to the tip and to one tang

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SWCR444 A fairly large, somewhat crudely Found at the Quinton site, 7.00

made Snake River hafted knife

upstream of the Dalles, OR
  blade. Flaking patterns are a bit on the Columbia River  
  on the crude side and it has a     
  clip to the end of one ear as well    
as a chip from the opposing ear

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR143 An attractive semi-translucent Columbia River, OR 35.00

moonstone agate Plateau

 
  Pentagonal blade having slight    
  curvature which is more    
pronounced near the tip Ex: Beatrice Morehead

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
KGCR72 A very yummy semi-translucent Franklin Co., WA SOLD
orange agate (agatized wood ?)
Columbia River knife blade. An 
interesting and quite attractive piece 5/15

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DWCR1 An attractive medium brown jasper  Found on the 35.00
Rabbit Island arrowhead. Thoroughly Columbia River, WA
flaked and expertly made but with a
spider bite to each tang

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DWCR2 A fairly nice tan chert Rose Springs Recovered on the 40.00
Corner notched dart point, made Lower Columbia River
on a flake and retaining almost all in Washington state
of the original flake's surface on
side B, with the exception of
pressure flaking around the  
periphery. Side A shows more
thorough flaking patterns, although
they appear to have been done by
an intermediate knapper.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR155 A nice group of 3 varied Columbia Columbia River, OR 60.00 for all 3
River arrowheads Ex: Beatrice Morehead

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SLCR1 A very thin, small and delicate Warner Valley, OR 35.00

red chert Columbia Plateau 

 
bird point arrowhead missing
the tip of one tang Ex: F. Metler

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
SLCR3 An interesting dark rootbeer agate   Warner Valley, OR 100.00

Eastgate arrowhead made on a flake by a

  
knapper "in training" and showing 20% of
the original flakes surface on side A and 
all of the original flakes surface on side B,
with the exception of the edges which
have retouch flaking all the way around Ex: F. Metler

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR63 A nice glossy translucent "foggy" ice Malheur Co., OR 30.00

agate Plateau Pentagonal knife blade.

 
Has one "internal" fracture line running
diagonally from the point of hafting
about 35% of the width of the blade;
this most likely occurred as a result of
ancient re-sharpening, still a most
attractive piece in a scarce material Ex: Sharon Briggs

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR139 An attractive tan and red jasper Elko Corner Columbia River, OR 20.00

Notched arrowhead with a flat to side B

 
  covering about 25% of the surface on the       
  basal stem. Tip appears to have  MODERN    
  RE-CHIPPING and the arrowhead itself has    
  gone through ancient re-cycling as evidenced    
  by the asymmetrical shape Ex: Beatrice Morehead  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR187 A very thin mottled gray and From the 30.00

off-white chert Columbia

Columbia River
Plateau arrowhead Ex: Milton Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR191 A very thin semi-translucent moonstone From the 30.00

agate Rose Springs side notched

Columbia River
  arrowhead having black and reddish    
  inclusions. Made on a flake with side A    
  being thoroughly and intricately worked,    
  and side B retaining about 45% of the    
  original flake's surface in the center but    
with micro-flaking around the edges Ex: Milton Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR436 A quite thin semi-translucent From the 35.00

smoky-gray obsidian Piqunin

Columbia River, OR
arrowhead having very broad
and flaring basal tangs. 
Thoroughly flaked on both faces Ex: Tuck

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DACR437 A duo-flow mahogany obsidian  From the 30.00

Columbia Plateau arrowhead having

 Columbia River, OR
streaks of black. Appears to have
slight ancient damage to the tip and
a spider bite off of one tang. Ex: Tuck

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