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This page contains Ancient Native American Indian "knapped" flint and chert tools such as Knife Blades, Hide Scrapers and Drills to name a few

 

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Item: Type: Winged Drill Provenance: Price
RCFT101 A very nicely made tan chert Winged Drill, well flaked on From the George & Beth Miller collection. 65.00
  both faces by an experienced knapper. It has a small flat spot The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in  
  to one corner of the base which "might be" an ancient nick, Modoc County, California, Oregon and     
  or may just be the remnants of the host materials outer layer. Churchill County, Nevada.  
    From our experience with artifacts from  
  Era: Archaic Period - 4,000 to 6,000 years old these areas, we judge this one to be from  
  Details about the George & Beth Miller collection Churchill Co., NV  

 

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Item: Type: Winged Drill Provenance: Price
RCFT102 An interesting semi-translucent moss agate winged Drill which  From the George & Beth Miller collection. 65.00
  is very well flaked on both faces by an accomplished knapper. The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in  
  Because of the irregular shape to the base, and the fact that  Modoc County, California, Oregon and     
  there is no damage to account for this irregularity, I believe that Churchill County, Nevada.  
  this began as a projectile point which was salvaged and From our experience with artifacts from  
  transformed to a drill form after receiving damage in use. these areas, we judge this one to be from  
  Era: Archaic Period - 4,000 to 6,000 years old Churchill Co., NV  
  Details about the George & Beth Miller collection    

 

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Item: Type: Winged Drill Provenance: Price
RCFT103 An attractive white an pink diagonally banded chert winged drill From the George & Beth Miller collection. 30.00
  which is well flaked on both faces, although the flaking patterns are The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in  
  slightly subdued, owing to the nature of the host material. Because Modoc County, California, Oregon and     
  of the flatness to the basal edge and the remnants of a corner notch Churchill County, Nevada.  
  to one side, I believe that this began as a projectile point which was From our experience with artifacts from  
  salvaged and transformed to a drill form after receiving damage in these areas, we judge this one to be from  
  use. Additionally it shows slight ancient usage wear to the tip. Churchill Co., NV  
  Era: Archaic Period - 4,000 to 6,000 years old    
  Details about the George & Beth Miller collection    

 

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Item: Type: Awl Provenance: Price
RCFT104 A fairly scarce white chalcedony Awl which is well flaked From the George & Beth Miller collection. 22.00
  on both faces of the working area. The basal edge is flat  The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in 3/18 ON-HOLD dp
  and has the surface of the original host stone and the base Modoc County, California, Oregon and     
  itself has a most peculiar "angled" form, which facilitated Churchill County, Nevada.  
  hand-held usage. An interesting piece. From our experience with artifacts from  
  Era: Archaic Period - 4,000 to 6,000 years old these areas, we judge this one to be from  
  Details about the George & Beth Miller collection Churchill Co., NV  

 

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Item: Type: Stemmed Drill Provenance: Price
RCFT105 A very nice, slender and delicate semi-translucent From the George & Beth Miller collection. 40.00
  chalcedony stemmed Drill, well worked on both The Millers mostly hunted ancient sites in  
  faces by an experienced knapper Modoc County, California, Oregon and     
    Churchill County, Nevada.  
    From our experience with artifacts from  
  Era: Archaic Period - 4,000 to 6,000 years old these areas, we judge this one to be from  
  Details about the George & Beth Miller collection Churchill Co., NV  

 

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Item:

Type: Rose Springs Drill Form

Provenance:

Price

SLFT2

A highly unusual blue-gray and brown jasper Rose Springs

Found by Jerry Sherer

30.00

 

Sloping Shoulder Drill Form. This unique tool is very flat in form 

of Wilder Idaho along

 

 

but well flaked on both faces by an "almost" intermediate knapper.

the Snake River in

 

 

The very tip was lost through use in ancient times and the base is

Jerome, Idaho

 

 

irregular/uneven. It shows traits of substantial river polish as well.

 

 

 

Era: Developmental to Classic Phase - 600 to 1600 years old

 

 

 

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Item:

Type: Cascade Knife Form

Provenance:

Price

SLFT5

A very nice opaque black obsidian Cascade Knife Blade which shows

Found by Jerry Sherer

135.00

 

substantial ancient usage wear. Flaking patterns are thorough on both 

of Wilder Idaho along

 

 

faces by an accomplished knapper. It has a single, small recent knick to

the Snake River in

 

 

one basal edge which doesn't detract from it's overall ancient beauty.

Jerome, Idaho

 

 

Era: Early Archaic - 4,000 to 8,000 years old

 

 

 

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Item:

Type: Crescent Knife Blade

Provenance:

Price

SLFT6

A very interesting, sturdy and attractive white chert Crescent

Found by Jerry Sherer

75.00

 

Hafted Knife blade, which is well flaked on both faces. The base

of Wilder Idaho along

 

 

appears to have been snapped as a result of ancient usage.

the Snake River in

 

 

Era: Later Archaic period - est. 2,300 to 3,400 years old

Jerome, Idaho

 

 

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Item:

Type: Cascade Knife Form

Provenance:

Price

SLFT7

A very sturdy, somewhat rustic black basalt Cascade Hafted Knife form.

Found by Jerry Sherer

150.00

 

Flaking patterns are thorough on both faces but somewhat rustic made

of Wilder Idaho along

 

 

by an advanced knapper, as basalt is a most difficult material to work.

the Snake River in

 

 

This one is essentially "all there" as it was anciently made and used.

Jerome, Idaho

 

 

Era: Early Archaic - 4,000 to 8,000 years old

 

 

 

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Item:

Type: Cascade Knife Blade

Provenance:

Price

SLFT8

A VERY unusual opaque black obsidian Cascade Knife Blade

Found by Jerry Sherer

175.00

 

made on a VERY large flake, and retaining curvature from the

of Wilder Idaho along

 

 

original flake's form. It's well flaked on both faces by a very 

the Snake River in

 

 

advanced knapper, although 25% of side B consists of a single,

Jerome, Idaho

 

 

initial percussion flake, best seen in the center of the blade in

 

 

 

photo 3. This interesting artifact shows usage wear to the very

 

 

  tip (photos 5&6) as well as substantial desert polish to side A.    

 

Era: Early Archaic - 4,000 to 8,000 years old

 

 

 

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Item:

Type: Paleo Perforator

Provenance:

Price

SLFT3

I'm always amazed at the material this consignor provides to our 

Offered by the original

125.00

 

website, as he's supplied MANY unique, personal finds of his own

finder who recovered this

 

 

for others to enjoy and to own; this is one such unique piece. It's a   

one from the Alvord Desert

 

 

slender white chert bi-facially worked perforator and judging from

in Malheur County, OR

 

 

the location where it was recovered, I believe that it was made and

 

 

 

used in the same timeframe as the Paleo Crescents. Bargain priced

 

 

  for such an ancient and unique artifact.    

 

Era: Paleo - 10,500 - 11,000 years old

 

 

 

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Item:

Type: Stemmed Drill

Provenance:

Price

SLFT4

A nice, snow white high grade chert/quartzite Stemmed Drill which is well

Offered by the original

40.00

 

flaked on both faces to a median ridge by a very advanced knapper. It has a

finder who recovered this

 

 

dig to the stem on the left side of side B (photo 4) and an inverted v-shaped

one from the Alvord Desert

 

 

ledge at the hafting line of side A (photo 2) where the host material resisted

in Malheur County, OR

 

 

the knapper's efforts. This one is "all there" as it was anciently made and used.

 

 

 

Era: Archaic period - est. 2300 to 3400 years old (at least, as this territory

 

 

 

was mostly Paleo country)

 

 

 

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Item:

Type: Finger Awl

Provenance:

Price

SLFT9

A very slender and delicate brown and yellow semi-translucent agate-jasper

Offered by the original

30.00

 

Finger Awl  made on a flake and retaining the curvature of the original flake's

finder who recovered this

2/9 ON-HOLD ge

 

form. Knapping patterns are a bit cursory, only covering "the necessary"

one from the Alvord Desert

 

 

around all 4 working edges of the main shaft. An interesting little artifact.

in Malheur County, OR

 

 

Era: Archaic period - est. 2300 to 3400 years old (at least, as this territory

 

 

 

 was mostly Paleo country)

 

 

 

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Item: Type: Flint Celt Provenance: Price
RPFT30 A very meaty, good sized mottled brown and Recovered from 275.00
  tan flint Celt showing excellent bit polish from Union Co., IL  
  usage wear. Quite a scarce item in this material Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Chert Celt Provenance: Price
RPFT31 A nice medium-sized white burlington chert Celt Recovered from 125.00
  having pinkish hues. The poll end retains a flat section  Calhoun Co., IL  
  from the original host stones preparation platform. This    
  one's "all there" and is a most unusual and scarce item Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Chert Celt Provenance: Price
RPFT32 A nice medium-sized white burlington chert Celt having Recovered from 125.00
  good mineralization as a testimony to it's antiquity. This Calhoun Co., IL  
  one's "all there" and is a most unusual and scarce item Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Chalcedony Celt Provenance: Price
RPFT33 A somewhat undersized mottled orange and gray Recovered from 95.00
  chalcedony Celt in excellent condition and having Calhoun Co., IL  
  good mineralization as a testimony to it's antiquity. Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Chert Celt Provenance: Price
RPFT34 A nice white burlington chert Celt having pinkish Recovered from 85.00
  hues and good mineralization as a testimony to it's Calhoun Co., IL  
  antiquity. It has a single ancient clip to one corner    
  of the base, but is otherwise "all there" Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Agate Basin Era Square Knife Blade Provenance: Price
RPFT35 A mottled gray and brown highly river polished Recovered from the 175.00
  flint Agate Basin era square knife blade. Canadian River in  
    Oklahoma  
    Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Set of 3 Guadaloupe Gouges Provenance: Price
RPFT36 A nice set of 3 knapped flint Guadaloupe Recovered from 65.00
  Gouges in excellent condition Frio Co., TX  
    Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Very colorful Cascade Knife Blade Provenance: Price
DAFT18 A very striking and very colorful mottled agate Cascade knife Recovered from the 750.00
  blade in a very respectable size. This one would make a great Snake River, ID  
  centerpiece to any Columbia River collection. Listed in the Ex: Lynn Crandall  
  color pages in Overstreet's 10th Edition Jackson COA  
    Stermer COA  

 

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Item: Type: Big Game End Scraper Provenance: Price
DFFT15 A HUGE (for type) big game End Scraper Recovered from Texas 125.00
  created from a raw flint nodule. during the 1960's  

 

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Item: Type: Hafted Cascade Knife Blade Provenance: Price
DFFT16 A very nice, well made obsidian Hafted Cascade Recovered from 110.00
  Knife Blade in excellent condition. Oregon during the  
    1960's  

 

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Item: Type: Cascade Knife Blade Provenance: Price
DFFT17 A very long (for type) Bi-pointed Cascade Recovered from 275.00
  knife blade in excellent condition. Lake Co., OR  
    during the 1950's  

 

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Item: Type: RARE Petrified Wood Knife Blade w/ Wooden Handle Provenance: Price
SDFT1 An extremely rare Ultra-thin petrified wood Knife blade with it's Recovered from the 1500.00
  original "slotted" wooden handle. The handle still has a substantial  Columbia River near  
  amount of asphaltum residue around and in the handle's hafting area. Vantage, WA  
  A very scarce item      
  Era: Developmental to Classic Phase - 600 to 1600 years old Bennett COA  
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Item: Type: Covington Hafted Knife - Archaic - 3,000-4,000 years old Provenance: Price
CHFT17 A very light brown, vertically banded petrified wood hafted knife blade. Offered by the original 85.00
  Flaking patterns are kinda' rough and sparse, made in a fashion of "only  finder(s) who recovered  
  the necessary". It shows good usage wear and has a hafting stop near the this one from their own  
  base on one face. property in Polk Co., TX  

 

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Item: Type: Archaic Hafted Scraper Provenance: Price
CHFT18 A very thick and meaty mottled tan, brown, red and black chert Offered by the original 65.00
  concave based scraper. It has 2 shallow hafting channels on finder(s) who recovered  
  one face leading from the base and ending at a hafting stop. A this one from their own  
  most interesting piece, as most scrapers were uni-faced tools. property in Polk Co., TX  

 

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Item: Type: Archaic Petrified Wood Knife Blade Provenance: Price
CHFT19 A very interesting Archaic Knife Blade made from a petrified   Offered by the original 120.00
  wood cobblestone and retaining many outer cortex layers of the finder(s) who recovered  
  original host material. This one closely resembles the Okanogan this one from their own  
  Knife form from the more westerly regions. property in Polk Co., TX  

 

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Item: Type: Petrified Wood Corner-notched Scraper Provenance: Price
CHFT21 Now this one's a real enigma  (puzzle). For starters, it's ULTRA thin Offered by the original 45.00
  and my first impression was that it was made from a "salvaged" finder(s) who recovered  
  broken knife blade, but upon closer examination, I believe that this this one from their own  
  one was created from day 1 to be used as a scraper. An interesting property in Polk Co., TX  
  piece which retains a greater portion of the outer cortex layers of the     
  petrified wood host material, with good, detailed secondary pressure    
  flaking to it's working edges. Quite a unique piece in a rare material.    

 

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Item: Type: Crude Covington Knife Form Provenance: Price
CHFT22 A fairly rustic, very thick knife blade, which, judging by the hand Offered by the original 30.00
  grips worked into the surface, doubled as a scraper. Flaking- finder(s) who recovered  
  wise, this one's about as crude and rough as they come, from the this one from their own  
  Archaic period it dates between 3,000 to 4,000 years old. property in Polk Co., TX  

 

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Item: Type: Crescent Knife Form Provenance: Price
CHFT23 A fairly thin mottled red and dark gray chert Crescent Offered by the original 24.00
  knife form. It has substantial desert polish, and is not finder(s) who recovered  
  an unattractive piece. this one from their own  
    property in Polk Co., TX  

 

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Item: Type: Langtry Drill - 2,000 - 5,000 years old Provenance: Price
CHFT24 Now here's a neat little jewel. A fairly scarce petrified wood drill Offered by the original 40.00
  created from a salvaged, most likely broken in a hunt, Langtry  finder(s) who recovered  
  Arrowhead. This type dates from the middle Archaic period to the this one from their own  
  Woodland period and is between 2,000 and 5,000 years old. property in Polk Co., TX  

 

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Item: Type: Petrified Wood Winged Drill Provenance: Price
CHFT25 A very attractive and quite scarce mottled tan and brown petrified wood  Offered by the original 65.00
  Drill in excellent condition. Typing this one is most difficult, but at the very finder(s) who recovered  
  least, I would date it to the Archaic to Woodland period, somewhere this one from their own  
  between 1,000 and 3,000 years old. Quite a unique and desirable item. property in Polk Co., TX  

 

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Item: Type: Paddle Drill Provenance: Price
CHFT26 A plain-jane light gray chert Paddle Drill which shows excellent Offered by the original 22.00
  flaking patterns by a very experienced knapper, but it still retains  finder(s) who recovered  
  a somewhat rustic form, as intended by it's maker. I would date it this one from their own  
  to the Archaic to Woodland period, somewhere between 1,000 property in Polk Co., TX  
  and 2,500 years old. Quite a unique and desirable item.    

 

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Item: Type: Archaic Perforator/Knife combination tool Provenance: Price
CHFT29 A somewhat crude off-white quartzite combination Archaic Offered by the original 35.00
  Perforator/Knife blade which has good mineralization as a finder(s) who recovered  
  testimony to it's great antiquity. this one from their own  
    property in Polk Co., TX  

 

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Item: Type: Archaic Knife Provenance: Price
CHFT30 A very sturdy mottled tan and brown chert Archaic Knife which Offered by the original 75.00
  shows no modern damage and is in the same rough and ready finder(s) who recovered  
  form as it was when it was left behind by it's maker. this one from their own  
    property in Polk Co., TX  

 

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Item: Type: Set of 3 Pottery "Gravers" Provenance: Price
RPFT14 An attractive set of 3 chert Pottery gravers, used Recovered from 75.00
  to incise patterns into clay vessels, all recovered Folsom Point in  
  from the same ancient site in Oklahoma. Pittsburg Co., OK  
    Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Adena Blade w/ Spokeshave Provenance: Price
RPFT15 A very nice, well worked Burlington chert Adena blade Recovered from 175.00
  having a worked spokeshave along one edge; a dual Calhoun Co., IL  
  purpose tool, demonstrating Indian ingenuity.    
  Period/Age: Archaic-Woodland - 1200-3000 B.P. Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Uni-faced Hafted Flake Knife Blade Provenance: Price
RPFT16 A very thin brown quartzite hafted uni-faced blade made on a Recovered from 30.00
  flake with both edges pressure flaked to form cutting edges. Choctaw Co., OK  
    Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Covington Knife Blade Provenance: Price
RPFT17 A very good-sized, First Stage blue and tan Found by Greg Perino at the 350.00
  flint Blade form in excellent condition. A great Will Rogers State Park Site in  
  centerpiece for any collection. Rogers Co., OK  
  Period/Age: Archaic - 3000-4000 B.P. Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Kinney Knife Provenance: Price
RPFT18 A very good-sized First Stage mottled blue Recovered from 450.00
  flint blade form having nice frosty patina Bastrop Co., TX  
    Ex: Patterson Collection  
  Period/Age: Archaic-Woodland - 2000-5000 B.P. Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Dawes Island Scraper (Classified by Greg Perino) Provenance: Price
RPFT19 A quite thick and meaty cream and tan colored chert scraper Recovered from 150.00
  which was salvaged from a re-worked, large dart point. South Carolina  
  Published in Perino Vol. 1, pg. 48    
    Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Petrified Wood Knife Blade Provenance: Price
RPFT20 A fairly large, sturdy and somewhat crude petrified wood Recovered from the 150.00
  blade form owing it's rustic appearance to the nature of the Arkansas River in  
  host material, which doesn't really flake very well. A nicely Osage Co., OK  
  weathered piece.    
  Period/Age: Paleo, est. 11,000 B.P. Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Needle-tipped Refugio Knife Blade Provenance: Price
RPFT22 A very thin, highly attractive cream-colored, tan and light Recovered from 165.00
  brown agatized wood knife form, very well made for the S. Texas  
  difficulty in working this type of host stone material.    
  Period/Age: Archaic - 2000-4000 B.P. Ex: Greg Perino  

 

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Item: Type: Archaic Flake Knife Blade Provenance: Price
RPFT23 A very interesting, very old orange and gray patinated chert Recovered from the 250.00
  Flake knife form. These were most common from the Paleo Kaskaskia River in  
  through Archaic periods and this one displays HEAVY tannic Randolph Co., IL  
  acid staining from prolonged submersion in the river where it    
  was found. A very unusual and unique ancient tool.    
  Period/Age: Paleo/Archaic - Est. at least 9,000 years old Ex: Greg Perino  

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