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Indian arrowheads and other ancient relics from
the Far Western regions which includes the Great Basin

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWFW3 A medium-sized, well made opaque black Recovered from the 85.00
obsidian Archaic McGillivray Expanding Stem  Modoc Area in
Knife form. It has nice oblique flaking to a median Northern CA
ridge, mostly on side A. The oblique flaking is
present, mostly near the tip area of side B

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBFW39 A VERY stunning semi-translucent  From a Pre-WWII 4500.00
obsidian serrated Stockton dart point collection found in the
having good and thorough flaking Sacramento Valley, CA
patterns to both faces and very
intricate serrated edgework. In this
condition, these are extremely rare !

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBFW40 A VERY striking black obsidian Contra Recovered from an old 3500.00
Costa dart point in just prefect condition ! mound near Sacramento, CA
It was made on a flake and side B retains
30% of the original flake's surface while
side A is thoroughly and expertly flaked.
Just an outstanding and scarce piece.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWFW4 A nicely weathered opaque black obsidian  Recovered from 120.00
Cascade Knife Blade. It's quite broad and the Modoc Area
shows mostly percussion flaking to both  in Northern CA
faces with more detailed pressure flaking
to the edges, which is slightly subdued,
most likely as a result of desert polishing

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWFW6 A very unusual and quite slender for type, Recovered in 75.00
black obsidian Archaic Cascade Knife Klamath, OR
blade. It is thoroughly flaked on both
faces with very attractive patination on
side B and a small usage wear section to
one edge at the centerline of the blade Stermer COA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BWFW7 A slightly iridescent obsidian Desert Sierra  Recovered near 75.00
Arrowhead showing perfect symmetry and Bend, OR
thorough flaking patterns to both faces. 
A superior example of this desert type.

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MBFW91 A paper-thin blue-green Franciscan Shasta Co., CA 150.00
chert Corner Notched arrowhead   
  thoroughly flaked but not without it's    
  problems. It has a sheared stem, a     
  nick to the tip and is missing the very    
  tip of one tang. Still a scarce item as    
Franciscan chert "anything" is rare Ex: Michael Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MBFW96 A most interesting horizontally banded  Undocumented but 70.00
mahogany and black obsidian duo-flow most likely Oregon
Elko Eared dart point having good  
flaking patterns to both faces and an
unfortunate clip to one tang. It also has
a very sharp needle-tip Ex: Daryl Baker

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
RSFW1 A very unusual and sturdy 3" long iridescent gray Recovered in 125.00
and black obsidian stemmed Scraper / Knife  Humboldt Co., CA
blade showing good alkali deposits from age and
ancient damage to the tip from aggressive usage

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
FW34 A nice, thoroughly and expertly Recovered from an unspecified 100.00
flaked black obsidian Cascade dig site in Northern California
knife blade by a UCSF Anthropology
professor around 1950

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
FW35 A nice pair of obsidian tools, 1 Recovered from an unspecified 24.00
uni-faced scraper and 1 Cascade dig site in Northern California
dart point by a UCSF Anthropology
professor around 1950

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHFW1190 A very nice, fully translucent, Recovered in 40.00
opalescent obsidian Rose Springs Warner Valley, NV
corner notched dart point, 
thoroughly flaked on both faces by
an upper-intermediate knapper

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DAFW665 An attractive horizontally banded Fort Rock, OR 30.00
obsidian hafted oval knife blade/scraper.
The basal stem is anciently broken off.
Still a good looking piece

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
DAFW676 A nice yellowish-tan and light Malheur Co., OR 60.00
brown agate Atlatl Valley
Triangular dart point

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW107 A white quartzite Rose Springs Lake Co., OR 20.00
Corner Notched arrowhead Full history
having a pinkish hue to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW108 A very unusual combination of black and Lake Co., OR 20.00
brown obsidian Elko corner-notched
arrowhead, thoroughly flaked on both
faces but having a small nick from one
edge near the tip as well as one missing Full history
ear of the base to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW138 An interesting obsidian Archaic Lake Co., OR 20.00
hafted knife blade which has
somewhat subdued flaking patterns Full history
and a small nick to the very tip to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW139 A fairly slender obsidian Cascade Lake Co., OR 18.00
dart point which retains a flat 20%
section of the host stone's rind on
side A, just to the right of the vertical Full history
centerline (photos 1,2 and 5) to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW140 A nicked-up (tip and base) Lake Co., OR 15.00
obsidian Cascade Shouldered
dart point having flaking to a Full history
median ridge on side A to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW142 A fairly sturdy, slightly serrated semi- Lake Co., OR 24.00
translucent Cascade blade which
appears to have sustained ancient
damage to the base which was Full history
somewhat salvaged in ancient times to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW143 A semi-translucent obsidian Lake Co., OR 20.00
Cascade blade which is Full history
missing the end of the base to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW145 A semi-translucent obsidian Cascade Lake Co., OR 18.00
Knife blade having vague horizontal 
banding. It has a couple of chips to the Full history
cutting edges as well as to the base to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW147 A semi-translucent obsidian Cascade  Lake Co., OR 30.00
Knife blade, thoroughly flaked on both
faces and having a slightly twisted form 
from ancient re-sharpenings. It retains a
very small section (1/4") of the original Full history
host stone's rind on the end of the base to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW148 A fairly thick black obsidian  Lake Co., OR 30.00
Cascade blade which has a
lateral flat section along one
edge leading from the tip for Full history
1/8" and a nick to the base to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW149 A pretty nice semi-translucent diagonally Lake Co., OR 40.00
banded obsidian Cascade knife blade
showing good and thorough flaking patterns
and having a slight ledge on side B which
acted as a hafting stop. It has a slight ancient Full history
nick from the base to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW150 A very unusual black obsidian Cascade Lake Co., OR 35.00
knife having a crescent form and
diagonal gray banding. It's thoroughly
flaked on both faces, just not by a Full history
particularly advanced knapper to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW151 A very interesting opaque black Lake Co., OR 30.00
obsidian Atlatl Valley Triangular 
Hafted Knife blade having slightly
ragged cutting edges and a nice Full history
hafting stop to side B to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW152 An interesting semi-translucent  Lake Co., OR 30.00
obsidian Cascade blade which has two
larger flakes removed from side B just
above the base and which appear to
be the start of adding notches to this Full history
piece, most likely by a later culture to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW153 An unusual gray dacite Cascade  Lake Co., OR 20.00
hafted knife blade which appears
to have ancient damage to the
base as well as to the tip, which Full history
didn't affect it's functionality to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW154 A fairly crude, fast and dirty Cascade  Lake Co., OR 24.00
blade which has cursory flaking patterns Full history
and a very under-worked basal area to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW156 A semi-translucent obsidian Atlatl Lake Co., OR 50.00
Valley socketed dagger, crudely but
thoroughly flaked and having HEAVY 
river polishing which really adds to it's Full history
eye-appeal to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
TPFW176 A definite heart-breaker. A nice broad Lake Co., OR 20.00
vertically banded semi-translucent
obsidian Archaic stemmed knife blade, 
which lost it's stem in ancient times.
Flaking appears to have been hastily
done with a 30% flat section in the Full history
center of side B. (See photo 5 above) to buyer

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHFW1128 An interesting mottled light blue-  Found in 15.00
gray chert Hell's Canyon Corner Humboldt Co., NV
notched arrowhead created by a
(barely) intermediate knapper Ex: Michael Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHFW1145 An ugly, rhyolite-type Found in 8.00
Gatecliff dart point which Humboldt Co., NV
is really crude Ex: Michael Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BDFW1 A fairly nice mottled gray and off- Found in 30.00
white chert Cottonwood Leaf, most Navajo Co., AZ
likely used as a mini-saw blade
judging from the worn serrations

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBFW41 A nice group of 3 obsidian Recovered in SOLD
Canalino Triangular dart points, Kern Co., CA
the largest one at the bottom is (details to buyer)
made from iridescent obsidian 5/13

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
GBFW42 A nice group of 3 varied Recovered in SOLD
obsidian dart points Kern Co., CA
(details to buyer) 5/13

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