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| ELOW1 |
A Highly attractive mottled
gray, tan and brown |
Recovered in Denmark |
390.00 |
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flint Danish Axe Preform.
This one is well and |
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expertly flaked on all 4 faces and is just an
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outstanding example of these rare axe heads.
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| MHOW1421 |
A very nicely made |
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30.00 |
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clear agate Ear Plug |
being from Africa |
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| MHOW1422 |
A fairly small light green
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Amapa, Nayarit, Mexico |
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and brown jadite Labret |
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| MBBB1 |
A BREATH-TAKING
spiral-banded blue-gray chert |
Belize, Central America |
1,600.00 |
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Mayan Knife blade, well
flaked on both faces, mostly by |
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percussion flaking. This one appears to be as fresh as
the
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day it was made and is just an OUTSTANDING artifact! |
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| OW12 |
An EXTREMELY RARE, once in
a lifetime offering |
These were all excavated on 3/15/1926 in
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6,000.00 |
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of an ancient stone
tool/weapon 25 piece set from |
Kikonai-Mura (Village) Kami-Yso-Gun
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JAPAN!!! This includes stone arrowheads, drills,
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(County) Hokkaido, Japan (more details and full |
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scrapers and hafted knife blades. A few are
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documentation will be provided to the buyer) |
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damaged, but the better portion of these are in
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excellent condition. Many of the pieces still have
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older white and red catalog informational tags
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attached written in an older Japanese style. It comes |
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with all of the original mountings and a nicely
labeled
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wooden box. Just an exquisite museum class set!
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| MBOW1 |
A most attractive and
interesting semi-translucent honey |
Found in Bactria,
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450.00 |
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colored agate Neolithic
dart point having a pointed |
which is present day
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stem. It's extremely well made by a master knapper
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Afghanistan.
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displaying oblique transverse flaking patterns on both
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faces. It's almost paper-thin and just a real beauty.
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| OW13 |
A very rare Japanese New
Dynasty |
Found near Kobi
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300.00 |
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(400 - 200 B.C.) fishnet
or weavers |
Japan between
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weight. I've never seen any other site
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Lkayama and Nara |
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offer ancient stone tools from Japan, Folks!
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| OW10 |
A very thin "gempoint" tan
and light |
Recovered in Saudi
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225.00 |
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brown chert leaf shaped
dart point |
Arabia with no other
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as perfect as the day it was made |
recorded provenance |
7/4 ON-HOLD
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| OW11 |
An absolutely gorgeous and
perfect |
Recovered in the
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Neolithic cream colored
chert dart |
Niger/Mali desert in
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point having a red tip and dating
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Central Africa |
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between 3,500 and 5,000 years old |
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| OW7 |
A nice set of 4 Neolithic
Leaf-shaped |
Recovered in Niger,
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65.00 |
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serrated arrowheads in a
variety of |
Algeria (Tenere Du Niger) |
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materials dating between 5,000 and
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7,000 years old
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| OW8 |
A nice pair of
semi-translucent agate |
Found in the
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35.00 |
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and purple chert stemmed
Neolithic |
Saharan Desert, Africa |
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arrowheads (5,000 to 7,000 years old) |
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| OW9 |
A colorful lot of 3 nicely
made chert |
From the Saharan
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75.00 |
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arrowheads from the
Neolithic period |
desert in NW Africa |
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between 3,500 and 5,000 years old
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| MHOW1227 |
A heavily desert polished
orange-tan Acheulean |
Undocumented, but I |
150.00 |
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Hand Axe dating between
100,000 and 300,000 |
would guess the Saharan
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years old! It's completely intact with no recent
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desert in northern Africa |
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chipping of any kind
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHOW1228 |
A heavily desert polished
light and dark brown |
Undocumented, but I |
150.00 |
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Acheulean Hand Axe dating
between 100,000 |
would guess the Saharan
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and 300,000 years old! It's completely intact with |
desert in northern Africa |
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no recent chipping of any kind
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHOW1229 |
A heavily desert polished
Uni-faced light and dark |
Undocumented, but I |
120.00 |
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brown Acheulean Hand Axe
dating between 100,000 |
would guess the Saharan
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and 300,000 years old! It's completely intact with no |
desert in northern Africa |
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recent chipping of any kind
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHOW1230 |
A very nice holed mottled
gray and off-white schist |
Denmark |
300.00 |
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Nordic Axe Head / Hammer
in very reasonable |
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condition for it's age of 3,500 years old |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHOW1231 |
An ancient mottled green
and white |
Only documented as |
300.00 |
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drilled war club head
which is nicely |
being from Bolivia |
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formed and in excellent condition
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHOW1192 |
A very thin, highly
polished |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
15.00 |
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pre-Columbian human effigy |
Mexico |
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obsidian pendant |
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| MHOW1193 |
A very thin, highly
polished |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
15.00 |
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pre-Columbian human effigy |
Mexico |
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obsidian pendant |
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| MHOW1194 |
A very thin, highly
polished |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
15.00 |
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pre-Columbian human effigy |
Mexico |
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obsidian pendant |
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| MHOW1195 |
A very thin, highly
polished |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
15.00 |
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pre-Columbian human effigy |
Mexico |
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obsidian pendant |
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| MHOW1196 |
A very thin, highly
polished |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
20.00 |
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pre-Columbian human effigy |
Mexico |
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mahogany obsidian pendant |
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| MHOW1197 |
A very thin, highly
polished |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
20.00 |
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pre-Columbian human effigy |
Mexico |
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mahogany obsidian pendant |
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| MHOW1198 |
A very thin, highly
polished |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
20.00 |
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pre-Columbian human effigy |
Mexico |
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mahogany obsidian pendant |
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| MHOW1200 |
A very thin, highly
polished |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
150.00 |
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pre-Columbian human effigy |
Mexico |
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obsidian pendant |
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| MHOW1201 |
A very thin, highly
polished |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
20.00 |
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pre-Columbian human effigy |
Mexico |
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mahogany obsidian pendant |
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| MHOW1202 |
A very thin, highly
polished |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
15.00 |
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pre-Columbian human effigy |
Mexico |
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obsidian pendant |
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| MHOW1207 |
A very thin, highly
polished |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
35.00 |
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pre-columbian obsidian |
Mexico |
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cog-wheel pendant |
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| MHOW1208 |
A very thin, highly
polished |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
35.00 |
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pre-columbian obsidian |
Mexico |
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cog-wheel pendant |
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| MHOW1209 |
A very thin, highly
polished |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
35.00 |
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pre-columbian obsidian |
Mexico |
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cog-wheel pendant |
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| MHOW1210 |
A very thin, highly
polished pre-columbian |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
35.00 |
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double-drilled rectangular
obsidian |
Mexico |
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pendant having fairly ragged edges |
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| MHOW1214 |
A pre-columbian carved |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
120.00 |
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sandstone Turtle effigy
which is |
Mexico |
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missing a section from it's hind
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right leg (right side of photo 6) |
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| MHOW1216 |
A very small, highly
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Amapa, Nayarit, |
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polished pre-columbian |
Mexico |
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light green steatite labret
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| MHOW1218 |
A grayish steatite pre-columbian |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
22.00 |
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bird head effigy pendant |
Mexico |
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| MHOW1219 |
A light green steatite pre-columbian |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
20.00 |
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bird head effigy pendant |
Mexico |
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| MHOW1221 |
A mottled gray pre-columbian |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
75.00 |
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soapstone animal effigy
pendant |
Mexico |
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having damage to it's tail end |
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| MHOW1222 |
An unusual veined brown
stone pre- |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
35.00 |
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columbian triangular
drilled pendant. |
Mexico |
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It has surface cracking to one face
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right above the hole. (photo 5) |
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| MHOW1223 |
A mottled light green pre-columbian |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
50.00 |
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soapstone animal effigy
pendant |
Mexico |
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having damage to it's nose, one side of |
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the mid-back drilled hole as well as to |
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it's hind-quarter on the same side |
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| MHOW1224 |
An unusual deep brown stone
pre- |
Amapa, Nayarit, |
35.00 |
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columbian triangular
drilled pendant. |
Mexico |
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It has surface cracking to one face
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right above the hole. (photo 5) |
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| OW1 |
A nice pair of very old
(est. 300 years) |
From Ghana, Africa |
30.00 |
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conical-shaped terracotta
beads incised |
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with various geometrical patterns
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| OW2 |
A nice group of 3 very old
(est. 300 years) |
From Ghana, Africa |
40.00 |
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conical-shaped terracotta
beads incised |
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with various geometrical patterns
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A nice pair of very old
(est. 300 years) |
From Ghana, Africa |
30.00 |
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conical-shaped terracotta
beads incised |
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with various geometrical patterns
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| OW4 |
A nice pair of very old
(est. 300 years) |
From Ghana, Africa |
30.00 |
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conical-shaped terracotta
beads incised |
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with various geometrical patterns
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A nice pair of very old
(est. 300 years) |
From Ghana, Africa |
30.00 |
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conical-shaped terracotta
beads incised |
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with various geometrical patterns
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| MHOW937 |
A nice black obsidian
atlatl spur |
From Xico, MX |
85.00 |
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with many chips around the
edges |
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| MHOW939 |
An interesting dog head
effigy axe |
From Nayarit, MX |
200.00 |
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(ceremonial ?) From the Taraskan |
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Civilization, of the Western Shaft Tomb
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complex (200 B.C. to 200 A.D.) |
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| MHOW941 |
A polished black stone
Llama effigy incense burner. |
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600.00 |
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From the Inca culture of
Peru and dates between |
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1400 and 1550 A.D. A mixture of pine pitch and
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wax was normally burned in these. This one comes
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with the original Bill of Sale which outlines the
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provenance for this piece |
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| MHOW669 |
A carved black stone monkey |
Provenance undocumented, |
150.00 |
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effigy, which represents a
scribe |
from Michael Hough's Latin
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in very good
condition |
America & Mexico case |
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Ex: Michael Hough
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| MHOW801 |
A very nice highly polished
green |
It is from Guanacaste, Costa Rica
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1,200.00 |
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serpentine Human effigy
mace head, |
and comes with a nice display stand
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Ca. 500 - 1400 AD, published in
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Lar Hothem's Ornamental Indian
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Artifacts, pg. 424, plate 5
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Ex: Michael Hough
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| MHOW427 |
A very large and Extremely
Rare
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Recovered in Panama, |
1,000.00 |
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semi-translucent highly
polished
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Central America |
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chalcedony Pectoral
pendant,
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reported as the largest
known
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example in the United
States, it is
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definitely museum grade.
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in Lar Hothem's Ornamental Indian |
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Artifacts, pg. 458, plate 2, it dates |
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between 500 to 1400 A.D.
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| MHOW430 |
A fairly thin green
steatite Pectoral |
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120.00 |
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Pendant, highly polished
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Nowes, Costa Rica |
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drilled through on the top
knob. |
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This one has
2 repaired sections
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most visible in photo 3, just below the |
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center knob and near the end at the
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bottom of the photograph |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHOW438 |
A Pre-Columbian stone frog
effigy
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Latin America |
25.00 |
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bead dating between 500
and 1350 |
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A.D.
Published in Lar Hothem's |
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Ornamental Indian Artifacts, |
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pg. 426, plate 4, row 2, number 2 |
Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHOW449 |
A Pre-Columbian stone frog
effigy bead
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From Amapa, |
25.00 |
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dating between 1200 and
1400 A.D.
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Nayarit, Mexico |
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Published in Lar Hothem's Ornamental |
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Indian Artifacts, pg. 425, plate 3, row
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number 3
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Ex: Michael Hough |
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| MHOW252 |
An interesting 12" strand |
From Omar, |
SOLD |
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of drilled agate beads
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age unknown |
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Ex: M. Hough |
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