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

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DGFW58 An attractive group consisting of 2  Recovered in 95.00
obsidian corner notched arrowheads Northern CA
and 5 drilled clamshell beads

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GBFW34 A fairly nice obsidian Excelsior blade Recovered in 110.00
showing percussion flaking to both Lake Co., OR
faces and secondary pressure flaking
around all edges. It appears to have 
been made by an intermediate knapper
and displays slight river polish

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GBFW36 A thick, stubby gray-black Recovered in 35.00
obsidian Humboldt Basal  Sacramento Co., CA
Notched dart point well flaked
on both faces

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GBFW38 A very nice gray mouse obsidian    Recovered in 45.00
Buchanan Eared blade which was Sacramento Co., CA
anciently re-sharpened almost to the
point of taking on a drill-form. It has
nice oblique transverse flaking 
patterns on both faces, a slight nick to
the tip and 1 anciently sheared auricle

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GBFW9 An exceptional duo-flow mahogany From N. California, most 175.00
obsidian Wintu arrowhead having likely in the Sacramento area  
wicked edge serrations and a needle tip   6/20 ON-HOLD

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JDFW4 A very nice, fair sized iridescent obsidian Found in Oregon 200.00
Cascade knife blade, well worked and in
great condition. It has most unusual blue-
gray horizontal banding most noticeable
on the base as well as just above the
hafting area and near the tip as well

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MHFW793 A fairly thin for type, and well Found in SOLD
made Humboldt Basal Notched Churchill Co., NV
dart point. Flaking patterns are
thorough and well done on both
faces. A superior piece which is
"all there" as it was made Ex: Michael Hough

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MHFW827 A very attractive light blue-gray chert Found in 35.00
Malaga Cove Leaf perforator having a Ventura Co., CA
large section of white on one face from
the original host stone's rind. It has a  
slight flat section to one edge of the base
where it was probably anciently damaged
during it's incarnation as an arrowhead
before it was converted to a perforator Ex: Michael Hough

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MHFW830 A very nice and broad semi-translucent Found near 110.00
obsidian Elko Eared blade which has nicks Crump Lake in
to both barbs of the stem as well as to one  Lake Co., OR
tang. Side A is well flaked but side B has a
lengthy stack running vertically up the center  
of the blade from just above the hafting area
to just above the centerline. This appears to
have been a very tough section of the host
stone which simply resisted the knappers
determined efforts at pressure flaking Ex: Michael Hough

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JDFW2 A very attractive black obsidian Found in Oregon 150.00
Cascade knife blade which is "all
there" as intended by the maker.
(The tip is intentionally "rounded"
by 3 pressure flakes) Flaking
patterns are thorough and well
done, but it does have 2 slight 
concave ledges on side A, left over
from 2 separate percussion strikes

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GBFW22 A fairly long, for type, opaque   Recovered from the 225.00
black obsidian Stockton Corner Hollister mound near
notched arrowhead / saw having Verona, CA in 1935
somewhat battered and worn
serrations. Still quite a rare type

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GBFW24 A very nice square stemmed opaque California, NW of 250.00
black obsidian Stockton dart point Sacramento
having nicely serrated edges. Flaking 
patterns are thorough and to a median
ridge on both faces. This one has an 
un-professionally restored tip, done
with clear epoxy and painted over,
still, with a touch-up on the paint job,
this one gives you a chance to own a
very rare type at an affordable price

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TPGB51 A fairly large and well made obsidian Lake Co., OR 30.00
side notched hafted blade. The flaking
patterns on this one are thorough and
totally fascinating with the exception of
the stem, which is mostly flat on both

sides, for hafting. The stem itself has 2

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semi-circular clips. (damage) to buyer

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SLFW9 A very small opaque black Offered by the finder  50.00
obsidian Eastgate bird point, who recovered this one
thoroughly flaked on both faces in the Alvord Desert in
Harney Co., OR

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TPGB43 A semi-translucent, slightly opalescent Lake Co., OR 35.00

smoky gray and black obsidian

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Archaic Shaniko Stemmed dart point to buyer
having very good flaking patterns, 
shallow edge serrations all around and
a flea bite to the tip. It also has nice
frosty patina on side B, and reflects
rainbow colors on a number of small
sections when angled to the light.

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TPGB41 An interesting "sparkly" gray dacite Lake Co., OR 25.00

Archaic Parman dart point. Flaking

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patterns on side A are somewhat  to buyer
subdued, but are well defined on side
B, especially around the edges. The
irregular shape is "as made" with no
damage other than a slight, diagonal
impact fracture to the tip. I love the
crystalline sparkly surface this one has

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TPGB36 A very nice semi-translucent vertically Lake Co., OR 40.00

banded smoky gray and black

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obsidian Archaic Cascade dart point to buyer
having superior oblique transverse
flaking patterns to BOTH sides, with 
the patterns meeting at a median ridge
on side A. (side B is level, and well
flaked) A very well formed item
having an unfortunate nick to 1 ear.

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TPGB35 A translucent diagonally banded smoky Lake Co., OR 25.00
 

gray and black obsidian Archaic Atlatl

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Valley Triangular blade made on a large to buyer
flake and retaining only a slight amount of
the original flakes surface at the hafting 
area. The base still has the original angled,
flat "cleaving" platform and the base itself
is slightly ragged through ancient usage.

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TPGB28 A triangular obsidian pre-form which  Lake Co., OR 35.00

appears to have been used in it's interim

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stage as a combination knife/scraper  to buyer
tool. A nice little piece with descent and
thorough flaking patterns.

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TPGB33 A fairly thick (for type) blue-gray dacite  Lake Co., OR 100.00

Paleo Crescent. Flaking is somewhat sparse

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and both faces have a median ridge, side  to buyer
A's being more pronounced. One ear has an
ancient clip. The form is a nice variation
away from the normal Crescent forms, and,
this one would have made one heck of a
dangerous slashing weapon.

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TPGB39 A nice compact black obsidian Archaic Lake Co., OR 25.00

Big Valley Stemmed dart point thoroughly 

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flaked on both surfaces with the exception to buyer
of a 10% original flake-flat on side B.
Flaking patterns are decent, but
unremarkable and it has a flea bite to the
tip. Still a nice and very old little dart point.

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DAGB438 A very sturdy and interesting mottled dark Lane Co., OR 50.00

brown and gray chert Paleo/Archaic leaf-

  
shaped pre-form which appears to have 
been used as a knife, during it's transition.
Side B shows very good and thorough  
percussion flaking, while side A only has
slight pressure flaking to some sections of
the cutting edges as well as to the tip

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DAGB457 A small, crudely made black Calapooia River, OR 25.00

obsidian Rose Springs dart

 
point made on a flake with very   
little effort to add the "finishing
touches". Obviously made by a
"layman" to the knapping trade.

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DAGB343 A nice intricately flaked Christmas Valley, OR 60.00

bi-pointed opaque black obsidian

Cascade knife blade

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DAGB355 A nice, slender, fairly thin and Eastern Oregon 35.00
  well-worked for the hoststone    
  type, black basalt Cold Springs    
  dart point. Basalt doesn't really    
  flake very well, but the knapper's    
  patience and superior talent sure    
show in this one

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DAGB383 An extremely thin and well N. Albany, OR  35.00

worked black obsidian

 
Calapooya arrowhead
having slight serrations Ex:  David Holmes

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DAGB11 A sturdy off-white and Recovered in 40.00

gray chert Great Basin

Franklin County, WA  
Coquille knife blade Lang COA

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SWGB266 A very thin blue-gray dacite Found in the SOLD

Columbia Plateau arrowhead,

Willamette Valley,
  well worked and with the Oregon  
  exception of flea bites to the    
  tips of the tangs, it's "all there"   3/23

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SWGB267 A very thin blue-gray dacite Found in the  SOLD

Columbia Plateau arrowhead,

Willamette Valley,
  thoroughly flaked but having a Oregon  
  clipped stem and slight damage    
  to one tang   3/23

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SWGB268 A fairly thin and well made Found in the SOLD

blue-gray dacite Columbia

Willamette Valley,
  Plateau arrowhead having a Oregon  
  sheared stem and a spider    
  bite to the tip   3/22

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DWFW3 A fairly thin, well worked obsidian Found in 35.00
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder Warner Valley, OR
dart point in excellent condition

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DWFW5 A fairly thin black obsidian Pinto Recovered in 30.00
Basin dart point having a nick to Lake Co., OR
one stem, one tang and the tip.
Thoroughly flaked except in the
center of both faces just above
the hafting area, where original 
percussion flaking surfaces remain

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DWFW6 A stunning translucent obsidian Recovered in 40.00
Wendover mini-saw blade/dart Warner Valley, OR
point having very attractive,
minute edge serrations and
subtle diagonal banding. It has
an unfortunate nick to one ear 
of the base (Left ear in photo 2)

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DWFW8 An ultra-thin iridescent mottled BLUE Recovered in 35.00
obsidian Rose Springs Stemmed arrowhead Warner Valley, OR
made on a flake but having the surfaces 
thoroughly and expertly pressure flaked. It has
slight nicks to the tip, one ear and one corner
of the base, but for the material, this is a rare
item and the first blue obsidian piece we've 
ever offered ! (Under a microscope, it strongly
resembles the blue Coshocton flint from Ohio)

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MHFW411 A nice gray-black obsidian  Recovered in 75.00
Wintu arrowhead having fine Shasta Co., CA  
serrations and a needle tip Ex: Michael Hough

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KGFW6 An interesting light lavender chert Recovered in 50.00
Columbia Plateau arrowhead  Prosser, WA
made by an intermediate knapper by Forest Glaspell

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KGFW59 A fairly small gray "mouse" Recovered from the 40.00
obsidian Gunther birdpoint Rogue River, OR 
arrowhead made by an by Joe Hickman
intermediate level knapper in the 1950's

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TPGB62 A semi-translucent slightly opalescent smoky Lake Co., OR 22.00
obsidian Merrybell arrowhead thoroughly 

although somewhat crudely flaked. This one

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was most likely used as a hafted knife blade to buyer

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TPGB63 A fairly thick and sturdy obsidian stemmed Lake Co., OR 15.00
scraper having very little secondary
pressure flaking and displaying the original
cortex of the host stone on one corner of

the base. (the corner having the steeper

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and longer diagonal angle) to buyer

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TPGB64 A translucent smoky gray Lake Co., OR 30.00
Merrybell obsidian arrowhead,

thoroughly flaked with nice

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frosty patina and a nick to the tip to buyer

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TPGB65 A nice, very well flaked translucent obsidian Lake Co., OR 18.00
Elko split-stem arrowhead having hazy gray 
diagonal banding. It sustained an ancient impact
fracture to the tip, and the reactionary energy 
caused the loss of one tang on the same edge

as the impact fracture. The other tang also has

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a bite out of the very tip. A neat study piece ! to buyer

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TPGB66 A fairly thick and sturdy black obsidian Lake Co., OR 20.00
Elko Split-stem arrowhead, fairly well  
flaked with heavy patina on side B,

which also displays a hafting stop. It has

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a nick to the tip and one stem is missing. to buyer

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TPGB67 An opalescent, translucent obsidian   Lake Co., OR 20.00
Elko Eared arrowhead, thoroughly

flaked but having a nick to the tip,

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one tang and one stem of the base. to buyer

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