with Tim Lyons Auctioneer (KY #P1699)is pleased to present our January 2010 Auction

Featuring the Collection of Mark Dennisonwith Selected Consignments

Commencing at 10:00am on January 23rd, 2010Preview 8:00am-10:00am

Location:Holiday Inn North

Lexington, Kentucky

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The Artifact Companywith Tim Lyons Auctioneer (KY #P1699)

is pleased to present our

January 2010 AuctionFeaturing the mark Dennison Collection

Commencing January 23, 2010 at 10:00amat the Holiday Inn North, Lexington, Kentucky

This sale features an excellent mix of Prehistoric, Historic, and Contemporary Native American col-lectibles with an emphasis on Prehistoric Flint, the American Southwest and Pacific Northwest Cultures. Severalfeatured lots include numerous Paleos, an exceptional Rutherford B. Hayes Peace Medal, superb Inlaid Pipe withBeaded Pipe Stem, and a Haida carved wooden Fertility Shaman Figure. Additional items from the Sears & WebbCollections are present as well as numerous items from the Jim Cason Collection.

Also featured in this auction is a wide selection of quality consigned, stone, slate, and pottery artifacts,meticulously culled by our staff for quality, collectability, and authenticity. Many of the items have been previ-ously papered by top authenticators such as Rogers, Jackson, Davis, Stermer, Dickey, Berner, and Perino.

Terms of SaleWe have attempted to accurately describe all items being sold, but all property offered for

sale is strictly ‘as-is’. We have provided substantial images of all items offered to best inform potentialabsentee or online bidders with regards to item condition. It is the bidder’s responsibility (whether in-person,by phone, by mail, or via the internet) to determine the exact condition of each item. No statement in thiscatalogue, sale bill, invoice, or other document by associates of The Artifact Company or the Principle Auction-eer, shall be deemed to warranty, or as representation or assumption of liability with respect to age, condition,size, quality, importance, rarity, variety, provenance, or historical reference as related to any sale items. Anysuch statements are strictly matters of opinion.

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Directions and Accomodations:The Holiday Inn North is located at the intersection of

I-75 (Exit 115) and Newtown Pike in Lexington, Kentucky.This is the same location as the Green River ArchaeologicalSociety Lexington Show.The address is:1950 Newtown Pike, Lexington, Kentucky 40511There are several motels and hotels in the area in-cluding the Holiday Inn (859-233-0512), the GriffinGate Marriott (859-231-5100), the Embassy Suites(859-455-5000) and the Four-Points Sheraton (859-259-1311). Call for more complete listing.

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1. 4 1/8" Lost Lake - Found in the 1950’s. Extra nice example featuresdozens of micro serrations in hard to work Breathitt. Indiana. Baker COA.2. 4 1/4" Hopewell -Dover chert.Harrison Co., KY. Ex-Webb.Jackson COA.3. 4 1/8" Agate Basin - Brown fossil chert. Great Ohio find. Baker COA.4. 4 9/16" Sedalia - Mozarkite. Missouri. Excellent Color. Ex - Davidson.5. 4 3/4" Etley - Nice large Etley point from Missouri in Burlington. NoBrainer Mineralization. Ex - Clark. Jackson COA.6. 3 3/4" Heavy Duty - Gray fossil chert from Kentucky. Baker COA.7. 3 5/8" Gary - Oklahoma. Gorgeous Banded chert. Jackson COA.8. 4 9/16" Paleo Knife - Extra nicely made example from Jessamine Co.,Kentucky. Ex- Webb Collection. Boyle Chert. Jackson COA.9. 10 1/2" Adena Knife - Huge!!! Rogers COA’ed example from Illinois.Made of high quality glossy Burlington Flint. Extra large and unusual.10. Two nice KY Bone Awls - Extra nice pair of Awls from Glover Cave,Kentucky with original Glover Cave collection numbers intact.11. Pair of Cobbs Knives - Found in Jessamine Co.,Kentucky. Ex- Webb.12. Ivory BullDog Bottle Topper and Cribbage Peg - Nice grouping ofIvory from the 1800’s. Intricate carving on the Bulldog which could be recorkedand used with a decanter. The peg has excellent polish. US Buyers Only.

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13. 3 Nolans - Nice grouping from Central Texas. Edwards Plateau Chert.14. 1 13/16" Pair of Drilled and Incised Wolf Canines - Rare set of drilledcanine teeth featuring intricate decorative tally marks. Ft. Ancient Culture.15. 2 1/4" Lost Lake - Excellent example with deep notches in a heavilypatinated Paoli chert from Indiana. G-9 Baker COA. Very Pretty.16. Set of Two Dovetails - Nice pair of Dovetails, One Ohio, one Tennessee.Coshocton and Dover Cherts.17. 3 13/16" Pedernales - Large and with extended tip Burnet Co., Texasexample. Edwards Plateau Chert. Ex- Bill Arnold Collection.18. 2 7/8" Covington - Central Texas. Nicely translucent and very thin.19. 3 7/8" Montell - Central Texas. Nice translucency. Jackson COA.20. 3 5/16" Pickwick - Pink and Cream Fossil Chert from Suwannee Co.,Florida. large with excellent symmetry. Ex - Fauske Collection21. 4 1/4" Cobbs Knife - Excellent example. Burlington. Illinois.Well Flaked.

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22. 4 1/8" Harahey Knife - Boyle Chert. KY. Ex- Webb. Jackson COA.23. 4 5/16" Bolen - Huge example with river staining from Florida. FossilChert in excellent condition. Ex - Davidson. Jackson COA.24. 2 3/8" Clovis - St. Clair Co., Illinois. Crescent Quarry Flint. Ex -Evans Collection. Jackson COA.25. 2 1/16" Beaver Lake - Gorgeous red and blue coloration. Kentucky.26. 2 9/16" Copena - Boyle Chert. Fayette Co., Kentucky. Ex- Webb.27. 5 3/4" Turkeytail Blade - Large Indiana example. Hornstone. Ex-LynnMunger, former Curator at the Potawatomi Museum. Jackson COA.28. 5 7/16" Hardin - Beautiful Kentucky piece in Dover Chert. Ex - FullerCollection. Minor rework at tip.29. 4 7/8" Base Tang Knife - Superb example from Central Texas in a HighGrade Georgetown Flint. Very thin and translucent. Jackson COA.30. 5 9/16" Adena - Indiana. Ex- Phillips. Hornstone. Berner COA.31. 5" Hopewell - Found by Lyndell Sharron in 1955 in Pike Co., Illinois.Cobden Chert. Ex - Tommy Beutell Collection. Rogers/Partain/Davis G-10 COA’s.32. Set of 4 nice Pedernales points - Central Texas. Edwards PlateauChert.33. 4 1/4" Adena - Excellent Kentucky Adena from Fayette Co. Hornstone.

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47. 3 5/8" Hopewell Frog Effigy Platform Pipe - Phenomenal OhioPipestone. Hocking Co., Ohio. Ex - Lance Morris, Glenda DownsCollections. Exceptionally rare and exquisite artifact. Jackson COA.48. Large well made Catlinite Horse Effigy Pipe with Stem - Large TouristTrade example measuring 21 1/2" including its original stem. Made ofwell patinated catlinite. Bird Brooch/Bolo included. Dennision Collection.49. 3 13/16" Eskimo/Aleut Ivory Pipe - Nice hand-carved Vintage WalrusIvory pipe form from Alaska. International shipment prohibited.50. 6 5/8" Plains Catlinite Pipe - Excellent early (Pre-1890) Trade Eracatlinite pipe with old collector label stating origin as Calumet, Minnesota.Fine condition with good old polish and wear. Dennison Collection.51. 2 1/4" Disc Pipe - Ohio piece made from pretty Ohio Pipestone. Nicelypolished over its entirety. Dennison Collection.52. 4 1/2" Bird (Toucan) Effigy Pipe - PreColumbian rarity. Portion ofstem gone but still superb well mineralized example. Dennison Collection.53. 7 7/8" Eagle Talon Effigy Pipe - An excellent ‘Tourist Trade’ item withheavy evidence of usage. Great detail and size. Catlinite.54. 3 1/8" Hopewell Pipe - Ross Co., Ohio. Pipestone. Ex - Jack LitchfieldCollection. Jackson/Partain/Howard COA’s.

55. 3" Bear or Deer Effigy Pipe - Excellent and rare Prehistoric SteatiteEffigy pipe. Features old museum catalog #52.444. Ohio. 1700’s.56. 3" Catlinite Inlay Pipe - This excellent piece from South Dakotafeatures good pewter and steatite inlay. Ex - Doug Hooks Collection.Circa 1890-1910. Beads appear to have been added later. Small portionof flange cleanly broken and reglued. Davis COA.57. 2 11/16" MicMac Clay Pipe-Ontario, Canada. Ex- Bob Holden Collection.58. 3" Human Face Effigy Pipe - Lee Co., Virginia. Tempered Clay. OldCollector Label. Dating from the 1600’s.59. 8 1/2" Exceptional Inlaid Steatite Plains Pipe with Beaded Stem -Exceptional Plains pipe dating to 1870-1890. Inlaid Bone, CatliniteHearts, and Lead. 21 1/4" including Stem reported as original. Showsgood signs of use wear. Great beading. Jackson COA. Dennison Collection.

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81. 7/8" Lunate Crescent - Luna Co., New Mexico. Extra nice example ina black chert. Davis COA.82. 1" Lunate Crescent - Luna Agate. Luna Co., New Mexico. Davis COA.83. 1 1/8" Scottsbluff - Very pretty gray fine-grained quartzite fromColorado. Ex - Cason Collection. Davis COA.84. 1" Lovell - South Dakota. Agate. Rogers COA.85. 2 3/8" Basketmaker Knife - Morgan Co., Colorado. Multicolor Agate.Ex - Jim Cason Collection.86. 1 5/16" Columbia Plateau - Awesome Red/Clear Agate from WashingtonState. Beautifully translucent! Jackson COA.87. 15/16" Mimbres - Excellent early birdpoint of Pigeon Blood Agate froma private ranch in Utah. Ex - Cason Collection.88. 1 1/8" Eastgate - Oregon Gempoint in a beautiful clear/red agate.Translucent. Jackson COA.89. 1 3/16" Bonito Notched - World class example. Found on a privateranch in Montrose Co., Colorado. Translucent quartzite.90. 1 1/2" Washita - Dolores Co., Colorado. Fine grained quartzite. Ex -Cason Collection. Thin and exceptionally well made.91. 15/16" Mini-Scottsbluff - Mesa Co., Colorado. Made from tan fine-grained quartzite. Ex - Jim Cason Collection. Davis COA.92. 1 7/8" San Patrice - Parish Co., Louisiana. Jasper. Ex - CasonCollection. Great color and very thin. Davis G-9 COA.93. 2 5/8" Paleo Fragment - Gorgeous transverse oblique flaking on thisbroken example from Yuma Co., Colorado. Ex- Cason Collection.

60. 2 1/8" Stemmed Knife - Scioto Co., Ohio, Ex - Cason Collection.Coshocton. Jackson COA.61. 1 3/4" Pelican Lake - Wafer thin example of Moss Agate from Mesa Co.,Colorado. Ex - Cason Collection. A SCREAMER!62. 1 3/4" Mallory -Stunning purple translucent agate.Colorado. Ex-Cason.63. 1 5/16" Hanna - Gorgeous translucent pigeon blood agate from aprivate Utah ranch. Ex - Cason Collection.64. 1 1/2" Pelican Lake - Morgan Co., Colorado. Highly translucent quartzite.Ex - Cason Collection. Jackson COA.65. 1 5/8" Mallory - Highly translucent quartzite from Dolores Co., Colorado.Ex - Cason Collection.66. 1 11/16" Hanna - Pigeon Blood Agate example from a private Utahranch. Ex - Cason Collection. Highly translucent and well made.67. 1 5/8" Corner Notch - Colorado. Translucent Purple Agate. Very pretty!Ex - Cason Collection.68. 1 5/8" Pelican Lake - San Juan Co., Utah. Private Ranch. Ex - Cason.69. 2 1/4" Hell Gap - Very unique green chert from Dolores Co., Colorado.Found in 2003 by Jim Cason.70. 1 7/16" Eden - Cream chert from Dolores Co., Colorado. Ex - Cason.71. 1 1/2" Rio Grande - Cream fine grained quartzite. Dolores Co., Colorado.Ex - Jim Cason Collection.72. 1 5/16" Gunther - Great colors. Excellent example in maroon andblue/green Variegated Agate from Oregon.73. 1 9/16" McKean - Beautiful. Petrified Wood. Colorado. Rogers COA.74. 1 1/4" Columbia Plateau - Wafer thin. Stunning highly translucent Redand Yellow Agate. Washington. Jackson COA.75. 1 1/8" Kin Kletso Notched - Excellent translucent agate in this rareMontrose Co., Colorado piece from a private ranch. Nicely serrated and thin.76. 1 3/16" Barreal - Gorgeous Caramel high grade flint. Colorado. Ex -Cason Collection.77. 1 5/16" Bonito Notched - San Juan Co., Utah. Ex - Cason Collection.Pigeon Blood Agate.78. 1 3/8" Birdpoint - Wafer thin. Novaculite. Found by Ruben Rankin inSaline Co., Arkansas. Highly translucent. Jackson COA.79. 1 5/16" McKean - Stunning example. Elko Co., Nevada. Ex - Snyder,Cason Collections. Chalcedony. Jackson COA.80. 1 7/8" Jay - Mesa Co., Colorado. Rare early type related to Hell Gap andRio Grande. Tan jasper.

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94. 5 3/4" Robbins - Superb literally perfect and nicely thin large examplein highly translucent Flint Ridge. Ohio. Ex - Davidson. Jackson COA.95. 2 7/16" Clovis - Superb ultra thin highly translucent example made ofpelloidal chert from Pickett Co., Tennessee. Ex - Jonathan Sisk Collection. G-10 all the way. Perino, Jackson, and Stermer COA’s.96. 4" Scottsbluff - Well Flaked and thin, this example from Missouri iscertain to please. Burlington. Burin along one tip edge. Jackson COA.97. 2 9/16" Dalton - Excellent example in translucent Burlington chert fromIllinois. Nicely serrated. Ex - Davidson. Jackson COA.98. 3 7/8" Dickson - Great form. Large Dickson with good mineralizationand size. Burlington flint from Illinois.99. 2 13/16" Thebes Drill - Highly translucent Flint Ridge. Ex - Gary Noel.Ohio. Jackson COA.100. 3 9/16" Adena - Excellent flaking on this Strawberry chert examplefrom Missouri. Nice Basal Grinding.101. 2 1/2" Northumberland - Incredibly fluted Northumberland point fromPennsylvania. Wafer thin. Multicolored Coshocton flint. Agricultural damageon basal corner. World-Class artifact. Jackson COA.102. 3 1/16" Clovis - Thin, well fluted, and fabulous. Missouri / IllinoisType. Ex - John Fulbright, Brent Kepp. Burlington. Jackson COA.103. 3" Hopewell - Excellent Hopewell from Logan Co., Ohio. Ex - GarryMumaw. Boyle Chert. Jackson COA.104. 2 9/16" Dalton - Excellent serrations on this example from Green Co.,Arkansas. Crowley’s Cobble Chert. Jackson COA.105. 8 5/8" HUGE Turkeytail Knife - Very large Turkeytail knife fromHarrison Co., Indiana. This ceremonially killed example has been glued backtogether. Indiana Hornstone. Jackson COA.106. 3 9/16" North Blade - Very pretty example in a blush StrawberryChert from Lincoln Co., Missouri. Jackson COA.107. 1 9/16" Unfluted Clovis - Ohio. Ex - Glenda Downs Collection.Coshocton. Jackson COA.108. 2 3/8" Gibson - Very well made example from Madison Co., Illinois.Burlington. Ex - Gerald Miller Collection. Motley COA.109. 2 1/4" Heavy Duty - Very pretty Kentucky piece of Carter Cave flint.Ex - Rocky Hall. Earthworks COA.110. 3 1/2" Marion - Pasco Co., Florida. Great flaking and symmetry.Accompanied with a Berner COA.111. 2 3/4" Copena - Extra thin Kentucky piece of banded Hornstone. Ex- Jack Litchfield. Jackson COA.112. 4 5/16" Meadowood - Large example from Indiana made fromBurlington Chert. Excellent mineralization. Davis G-10 COA.113. 5 1/8" Dalton - Excellent large example from Missouri. Rareconstricted basal edges with deep basal cavity. Burlington. Jackson COA.

114. 3 1/8" Paleo Square Knife - Excellent example in Flint Ridge flintfrom Wayne Co., Ohio. Ex - Ralph Simpson Collection. Putty, Partain andDavis G-9 COA’s.115. 6 9/16" Wadlow - Extra nice. Illinois. Burlington. Rogers COA.116. 7 9/16" Wadlow Knife - Illinois. Ex - Carter Collection. BurlingtonChert. Rogers COA.117. 6 3/8" Etley - Large example from Pike Co., Illinois. Burlington.Rarely seen in this size and condition. Rogers COA.118. 5 5/8" Nebo Hill - Interesting quartz crystals in concavity on edge.Found near Valmeyer, Monroe Co., Illinois. Burlington. Rogers COA (Sedalia)and Jackson COA.119. 4 11/16" Etley - Well made and pretty. Greene Co., Illinois. Burlington.Rogers COA.120. 4 1/8" Crescent Knife - Nice multicolor piece of Coshocton flint fromCoshocton Co., Ohio. Ex - Mike Barron, Mark Seeley Collections. Jackson andDavis COA’s.121. 2 11/16" Lost Lake - Marion Co., Kentucky example from Brassfieldchert. Davis COA.

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140. 1 13/16" Clovis - Beautiful peanut butter and brown flint from SciotoCo., Ohio with a Davis G-9 COA.141. 2 1/4" Ashtabula - Nice piece from Ohio in a multicolored Mercer(Coshocton) flint. Davis COA.142. 6 3/16" Adena Knife - Large piece of gray Indiana Hornstone. Indiana.Davis G-9 COA.143. 3 3/4" Robbins - Hornstone/Sonora example from Indiana. Davis COA.144. 2 13/16" Thebes - Nice example from Holmes Co., Ohio with Puttyand Davis COAs. River Stained flint. Ex - Nancy Jennings Collection.145. 2 3/8" Clovis - Hornstone. Bath Co., Kentucky. Ex - Jeb Taylor,Flanigan, Abbot, and Lee Collections. Jackson, Davis, and Perino COA’s.146. 4" Dovetail - Beautiful Hornstone Dove with great symmetry andflaking from Dayton, Ohio. Rogers COA.147. 2 11/16" Pinetree - Excellent serrations on this Dover virtually perfectexample from Tennessee. Rogers COA.148. 4 1/16" Lost Lake - Preble Co., Ohio. Ex - Kistler Collection. Hornstone.149. 3 1/4" Rankin - High Grade Flint Ridge Flint. KY/OH. Rogers COA.150. 4 5/8" Etley - Bates Co., Missouri. Ex - Ron Ammerman and Ken Spahr(#3735) Collections. Very pretty Mozarkite. Jackson COA.151. 2 1/2" Dalton - Serrated piece from Arkansas. Ex - J.R. WesterCollection. Davis COA.152. 3 5/8" Plano Lanceolate - Very pretty example in Coshocton flint.Ohio. Ex - Mike Barron, Jeff Crumrine. Earthworks COA.153. 3" Goshen - Masterfully made ultrsa thin Paleo piece in a graytabular chert. Prehistoric cortex removal by abrasion due to naturalthinness of the material. Excellent textbook mineralization. Jackson COA.154. 3 1/2" Agate Basin - Found on the Ohio River near Ironton. Ex - JimConnell Collection of Kitts Hill, Ohio. Carter Cave Flint. Jackson COA.155. 1 1/8" Lunate Crescent - Excellent example in Luna Agate from LunaCo., New Mexico. Davis COA.156. 7/8" Lunate Crescent - Luna Agate from Luna Co., New Mexico. Nicetranslucency. Davis COA.157. 4 15/16" ‘Fluted’ Paleo Square Knife - Truly a show-stopper. Ex -Bob Converse, Al Wakefield Collections. Ohio. Davis G-10 COA.

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158. 4 5/8" Dovetail - Nicely patterned Coshocton flint example from SciotoCo., Ohio. Ex - Col. Raymond Vietzen Collection. Rogers COA.159. 4 7/8" Clovis - This Ross Co., Ohio piece made from Delaware cherthas been pictured on the back cover of Ohio Archaeologist (Spring, 2003)and is also featured in Hothem’s Paleo Indian Artifacts, pg 40. Perino,Partain, and Putty COAs.160. 3" Pinetree INCREDIBLE - Beautiful PURPLE Boyle chert examplewith killer serrations from Clark Co., Kentucky. Davis and Dickey COA’s.161. 1 15/16" Clovis - Iowa. Gray Fossil Chert. Translucent. DistinctFolsom characteristics. Rogers COA.162. 3 7/16" Stilwell - Excellent example in a gray fossiliferous chert fromWestern Kentucky.163. 3 3/8" Dalton - Ultra thin. Very pretty fossil chert from Jackson Co.,Missouri. Ex - Meador Collection. Rogers COA.164. 6 1/16" Dovetail - Large Dovetail from Ohio from the esteemed Dr.Rollin Bunch Collection and featured in the Bunch Collection book. Also Ex-Stan Copeland, Richard Mathews, and Duane Johnson. Perino identified asBisher Chert. Rogers and Perino COA’s.165. 3 5/8" Redstone - Fort Payne Chert example found near Red RiverGorge in Powell Co., Kentucky. Excellent flutes. Rogers COA.166. 3 1/4" Clovis-Mercer Co.,Ohio. Coshocton flint. Davis & Baker COA’s.167. 6 3/8" Adena Drill - Extremely large example (may be largest known)from Mercer Co., Kentucky in high grade Hornstone. Rogers COA.168. 3 11/16" Hardin - Pretty Dover Chert with fossils from Smith Co.,Tennessee. Rogers COA.169. 4 7/16" Dovetail - Found by Ron Roston prior to 1962 near Red RiverGorge in Powell Co., Kentucky. Fort Payne Chert. Rogers COA.170. 3 3/16" Dovetail - Pretty piece from Cooper Co., Missouri. Riverpolished. Rogers COA.171. 1 13/16" Cumberland - Carter Cave Flint. Clark Co., Kentucky. Jacksonand Rogers COA’s.172. 3" Clovis - Found by George Paulson on the shore of the Ohio River.High grade Upper Mercer (Coshocton) flint with a Rogers COA.173. 3 7/16" Clovis - Warren Co., Ohio. Killer colors. Coshocton. Rogersand Davis G-9 COA’s.174. 2 1/8" Pelican - Incredible Paleo type from Louisiana. Stermer COA.175. 4 3/16" Dovetail - Ross Co., Ohio. Tremendous color. Beautiful UpperMercer Coshocton flint. Ex - Vietzen, Spaulding Collections. Rogers COA.176. 3 1/16" Clovis - Coshocton flint from Scioto Co., Ohio. Rogers COA.177. 2 15/16" Dalton - Found by Ron Brown near a Bentonite plant in BellCity, Missouri. Ex - Dunnegan, Aherne Collections. Mottled Brown Flint.Sam Williams COA.

178. 2 13/16" Lost Lake - Mercer Co., Kentucky. High Grade Hornstone.Ex. Dr. Moran, Thursby Collections.179. 3 11/16" Dovetail - Ohio. Carter Cave. Ex - Macik. Jackson COA.180. 6 1/16" Dalton Knife - Large example from Pike Co., Illinois. Excellentflaking. Burlington. Rogers COA.181. 3 1/4" Unfluted Clovis - Tennessee. Buffalo River Chert. Davis COA.182. 2 3/4" Lost Lake - Hornstone. Scott Co., Kentucky. Ex - KistlerCollection. Rogers COA.183. 1 1/2" Angostura - Excellent example of recycling in this prettypiece from Eastern Colorado. Jackson COA.184. 1 3/4" Clovis - Hornstone. Mason Co., Kentucky Nice fluting.185. 2 5/16" Plainview - Pretty river polished example in Boone Chertfrom Haskell Co., Oklahoma. Ex - Ray Arnett, Ervin Fraley Collections.Dwain Rogers and Maury Meadows Collections.186. 2 1/4" Dalton - Burlington Chert example from Greene Co., Arkansas.Ex - Barker Collection. Baker COA.187. 2 7/16" Clovis - Beautiful example in high-grade translucent CrescentQuarry flint. Glossy yellows, whites, and creams. Looks like Flint Ridge.Ex- Strunk Collection. Rogers and Davis COA’s.188. 2 13/16" Dalton - Pretty Hixton Quartzite example from Illinois. Ex -Duane Johnson Collection. Rogers COA.189. 2 5/16" Beaver Lake - Pretty piece of Fort Payne Chert from Savannah,Tennessee. Davis COA.190. 2 1/4" Dalton Drill - River polished example made from ‘Bailey’sChert’ (Baker). Ex - Johnny Parnell Collection. Greene Co., Arkansas.Baker COA.191. 3 1/2" Stilwell - Paoli Flint from Lake Co., Indiana. Rogers COA.192. 1 11/16" Plainview - Unique and colorful pretty deep red Jasperexample from Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Ex - Phillip Butler Collection.Rogers COA.193. 1 15/16" Holcombe Variety Clovis - Exceptionally well made exampleof this rare type. Coshocton flint from Coshocton Co., Ohio. Stermer andJackson COA’s.194. 3 9/16" Dovetail - Nice serrations on this Ohio example. Sonora. Ex- Dunn, Johnson Collections. Jackson COA.195. 1 5/8" Folsom - Supremely translucent piece from West Texas.Purple-tinted Cream Alibates. Striking platform evident and fluted 100%both sides. Stermer COA.196. 3 5/8" Clovis - Superb example. Holmes Co., Ohio. Multicoloredblue/gray/white Coshocton. Rogers COA.197. 6 1/2" Etley - Found 5/22/1911 in Monroe Co., Missouri. Burlingtonflint with excellent mineralization.

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220. 3 5/8" Dalton - Lee Co., Iowa example with excellent flaking andmineralization. Ex - Schen & Summers Collections. Burlington. Jackson COA.221. 2 15/16" Bloodletter - Extra RARE form. Thin with excruciating tips.Found by Roy Capps in Finley Co., Oklahoma. Translucent Reed Springschert. Jackson and Stermer COA’s.222. 5 13/16" Dovetail - Gorgeous jewel Flint Ridge from Ohio. Ex - FredEiserman Collection. Restoration to base. Rogers COA.223. 5 3/16" Adena - Dayton, Ohio. Fossil Chert. Rogers COA.224. 3 1/4" Dovetail - Pickaway Co., Ohio. Ex - Al Wakefield Collection.Highly translucent with good mineralization. Jackson COA.225. 2 1/2" Dovetail - G-10 example in Strawberry Chert from Missouri.Stermer COA.226. 2 3/4" Clovis - Clinton Co., Ohio. Gorgeous navy blue Coshocton.Tremendous flutes and very thin. Rogers COA.227. 5 1/8" Paleo Knife - Well made. Fairfield Co., Ohio. Rogers COA.228. 3 1/8" Clovis - Well-fluted piece in Coshocton from Ross Co., Ohio.Davis G-9 COA and Rogers COA.229. 2 3/4" Dovetail - Excellent mineralization on this example from Ohio.Ex - Al Wakefield Collection. Jackson COA.230. 3 3/4" Dovetail - Incredible G-10 example from Macoupin Co., Illinois.Gray Burlington. Berner COA.231. 4 9/16" Scottsbluff - Extra pretty Missouri banded and mottled FossilChert. Nicely thin and Beautifully flaked. Minor rework noted at tip.232. 7 1/8" Woodland Knife - Very long slender example from MontourCo., Pennsylvania. Ex - Ron Helman, Richard Coulter, and Fred B. HillCollections. Gray Mottled Chert. Perino and Putty COA’s.232B. 1 1/4” Folsom - Found by James Edwards in Parker Co., Texas.Highly translucent Edwards Plateau Flint. Jackson/Stermer COAs..

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233. 10 1/2" x 3 7/8" Tlingit Fertility Shaman Figure - World Class example featuringgood residual paint and high quality carving. Pre-1920. Recent sold examples of thesehave fetched from 14K up to 250K (Sotheby’s - 2006). This one has it all. Our estimate:$8,000 - $25,000. Dennison Collection.234. 40”x32" Tlingit/Haida Painted Sealskin Cape - Features a representation or Totemof the Seal Spirit with inset man of unknown vintage. Very rare item with no recentcomparison. Limited Provenance available. Dennison Collection.235. 12 7/8"x8 7/8" Ethnographic Dance Mask - Extremely well made Vintage Mask ofundefined cultural affiliation. Item was received as part of the Dennison Collectionwhich was comprised mainly of high quality Northwest antiquities. Appears to havebeen used based on staining and contact polish on the inside of the mask.236. 5 7/16" x 2 7/16" Aleut/Eskimo Stone Bowl/Oil Lamp - Bowl in excellent conditionwith good toning and use wear. These soapstone bowls often acquired a coating from seal oilnot unlike cast-iron seasoning. Circa 1850-1890.237. 10 1/4" Carved Wooden Spoon - Northwest Coast spoon most likely used for thickstews. Pre-1930. Dennison Collection.238. 6 7/8" x 2" Eskimo/Aleut Food Bowl - Extra rare. Very early excavated bowl withBaleen repair to one side. Carved from driftwood. Late 1700’s - early 1800’s vintage.Dennison Collection.239. 4 3/8" Aleut/Eskimo Seal Carving - Excellent Vintage carving featuring 5 sealscarved on an antique piece of early fossilized bone. Unsigned. Dennison Collection.240. 11" Northwest Coast Totem - Intricately carved Seal Oosik (baculum) bone featuring4 deities on a wooden base. Excellent vintage piece with great polish. Unsigned. DennisonCollection.

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241. 55" x 30" Exceptional Navajo Rug with Whirling Logs - Thisunusually colored rug features 9 whirling logs or swastikas placing it as a Pre-WWII piece. Exceptionally tightly woven with one small repair in the field. Avery nice rug.242. 32" x 52" Navajo Rug featuring Corn Plants – This exceptional rugshows the Navajo ‘Tree of Life’ in the form of Corn plants. Orange, Gray,Black, and cream. Early 1900’s. Ex - Cason Collection.243. 34.5"x 48.5" Navajo Rug - Some damage to this example, still a verypretty and collectible and decorative example. Ex - Cason Collection.244. 24 3/4" Sioux Pipe Stem - Carved wooden stem with spiral. Old tagstates 1870 vintage however we estimate it closer to 1900. North Dakota.245. 22" x 17.5" Northern Athabascan Gambling Tray - Yukon Territory.Extremely fine contemporary basket, Circa 1980’s. Unknown weaver.246. 48" x 23" Navajo EyeDazzler Rug - Very pretty example with only afew worn areas. Excellent display or table cover.247. 30.5" x 49.5" Navajo ‘Snowflake’ Rug - Some bleeding but otherwisea very nice rug. Circa 1920’s.Ex - Cason Collection.248. 4" Captured Abalone Shell Basket - Incredible ‘captured’ Abaloneshell inside a tightly woven decorated basket with dyed grasses. NorthernWest Coast. Very rare as most abalone was cut and carved for decoration.

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250. 11 5/16" Colima Bipointed Knife - Beautiful Mahogany obsidian fromColima, West Mexico.Ex - Cason, Huber Collections. Jackson COA.251. Set of 3 Archaic Knives - Spencer Co., Kentucky. Ex - Sears Collection.One Graham Cave and two blades.252. 3 Bottle Necks - Very pretty set in high grade Sonora and Fort Payne.Spencer Co., Kentucky. Ex - Sears Collection.253. 2 7/8" Osceola - Highly translucent Novaculite. Ex - Moore Collection.Very pretty. Jackson COA.254. 1 7/8" Dalton - Very nicely made example from Arkansas. Gray GreenChert. Ex - Moore Collection.255. 2 5/16" Johnson - Found by Ruben Rankin in Saline Co., Arkansas.Very pretty Novaculite band running across the blade.256. 2 1/16" Flint Adze - Found by Ruben Rankin in Saline Co., Arkansas.Cream Fossil Chert.257. 4 5/16" Ferry - Found by Ruben Rankin in Saline Co., Arkansas. CreamFossil Chert.258. 4" Dickson - Found by Ruben Rankin in Saline Co., Arkansas. BandedCream fossil Chert.259. 3 Restored Archaics - Excellent set of 3 collector-restored Archaicsfrom Spencer and surrounding counties in Kentucky. Ex - Sears Collection.260. 8 3/4" Colima Bipointed Knife - Nicely made example in Mahoganyobsidian from Colima, West Mexico. Davis G-9 COA.261. 2 15/16" Agate Basin - Purple fossil chert from Yuma Co., Colorado.Ex - Cason Collection. Jackson COA.262. 2 9/16" Browns Valley - Knife River Flint from South Dakota. Excellentflaking. Jackson COA.263. 5 5/16" Lizard Effigy - A Masterpiece! Delaware Co., Ohio. Perfectlyconcentrically Banded Green Slate. Jackson COA.264. 3 3/8" Chumash Pendant - Extremely rare double grooved ChumashPendant / Plummet or Shaman Stone from Santa Barbara Co., California.Black steatite. Jackson and Stermer COA’s.265. 6" Paleo Knife -Lake Co., Ohio. High grade Coshocton. Rogers COA.266A. 5 9/16" Cody Complex Knife - Absolutely stunning example flakedlike no other we’ve seen in several years. G-10 Davis COA (as Angostura)from Crow Creek, South Dakota. Obsidian.266B. 2 3/8" Kinney Knife - Central Texas. Highly translucent Root BeerFlint. Rogers COA.267. 3 1/4" Thebes - Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. Coshocton.268. 5 3/16" Wadlow - Gasconade Co., Missouri. Rogers COA. Burlington.269. 5 1/8" Early Ovoid Knife - Brassfield Chert Example from Clark Co.,Kentucky. Davis G-10 COA, Jackson COA notes restored tip. Ex - TomDavis, Jim Cason Collections.

270. 2 1/8" Highly Translucent Turkeytail - Excellent piece made from anear-gem-grade piece of Kentucky Blue Hornstone with a wide translucentquartz band through the center. Spencer Co., Kentucky. Ex - Sears.271. 3 1/16" Cascade - Super example. Found in Wyoming. GorgeousKnife River Flint. rare combination for the area. Rogers COA.272. 3 1/4" Kinney Knife - Central Texas. Fossil Chert.273. 7 9/16" ‘Giant’ Bipointed Knife - GORGEOUS piece of ‘Tri-Flow’obsidian. Nearly transparent sections with Mahogany and black banding.Shasta Co., California. Ex - Bo Hulse Collection. Jackson COA.

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274. 3 3/8" Bipointed Knife - Well loved and used knife from Goose Lake,Oregon in a highly translucent smoky obsidian. Extremely thin.275. 2 1/4" Pluvial Lakes Side Notch - Extremely well flaked and highlytranslucent. Washington State. Ex-Fauske.276. 1 3/4" Western Scottsbluff - Very nice example with textbook basalconfiguration and Cody flaking. Harney Co., Oregon. Very rare type for theregion. Obsidian.277. 2 1/16" Shouldered Cascade - Obsidian from Oregon. Nice!278. 2 3/16" Cascade - Eastern Oregon example in Obsidian. Well madeand attractive artifact.279. 2 3/16" Cascade - Super nice finely serrated example from along theColumbia River, Washington State. Black and Brown Jasper.280. 2 1/8" Northern Side Notch - Excellent serrations on this finely flakedexample from the famed Warner Valley in central Oregon. Obsidian.281. 2 5/8" Cascade - Extra fine example from the Cockrell Collection (1379-34). Oregon. Obsidian. Oblique flaking and great mineralization.

282. 2 15/16" Parman - Nice example with a narrow stem. Ex - CockrellCollection (1379-9). Oregon Obsidian. Beautifully flaked with excellentproportions. Jackson COA.283. 1 5/8" Elko Corner Notch - Superb Obsidian example found by theKarner family in Inyo Co., California. Nice serrations and highlytranslucent. Jackson COA.284. 1 3/8" Elko Corner Notch - Beautifully translucent, almost transparent,Obsidian example found by the Karner family in Inyo Co., California.Jackson COA.285. 1 7/16" Cody Complex Dart - Small Cody Complex dart from EasternOregon made from Basalt.286. 1 5/8" Stockton - Rare point from North-Central California. Obsidianwith nice serrations. Great opportunity to own a good one! Jackson COA.287. 1 9/16" Rose Springs - Incredibly translucent smoke Obsidian. LakeCo., Oregon. Ex - Kirkpatrick Collection. Jackson COA.288. 1 15/16" Bassett - Made from a highly translucent gray Novaculite.This is one of 24 Bassetts found by James Freeman in a cache in 1989 inClark Co., Arkansas. Ex - Johnson, Cason Collections. Perino COACeremonially Broken / Glued. VERY THIN!289. 4 5/16" Shouldered Cascade Knife - Superb flaking on this examplefrom Crump Lake, Oregon. Ground base.290. 3 7/8" Humboldt Basal Notch - Large example from Christmas Valley,Oregon. Obsidian.291. 3 7/16" Haskett - Excellent parallel and oblique flaking on thisDacite example from Washington State. Stermer COA.292. 3 1/2" Stemmed Knife - Excellent piece of salvage work with asecondary ground snapped base. Ex – Slim Fuel Collection. Lake Co.,Oregon Obsidian.293. 3 Washington Obsidian points - Nice grouping of highly translucentObsidian points from Washington State. Northern, Windust, and Groundstem Cody.294. 3 13/16" Humboldt Basal Notch - Serrated example from the BlackRock Desert in Nevada. Obsidian.295. 4 5/8" Shouldered Cascade - Very large knife example from EasternOregon. Basalt. Thin and nicely made with a ground base.

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298. 4 1/16" Trapezoidal Adena Pendant - Franklin Co., Indiana. Ex -Horsefly Bush Collection. Slate. Jackson COA.299. 3 3/4" Anchor Pendant - Found with a cache of 100 blades in FayetteCo., Kentucky. Ferruginous Purple banded Slate. Jackson COA.300. 3 5/16" Keyhole Pendant - Excellent small pendant from Scioto Co.,Ohio. Ex - Hahn (1930), Vietzen and Hillen (1979) Collections. Green bandedSlate. Davis G-9 COA.301. 5 1/2" Adena Expanded Center Gorget - Superb example. GreenBanded Slate from Central Ohio.302. 2 1/4"x 5" Notched Winged Bannerstone with Tally Marks - Beautifullymade piece from Ohio in Green Banded Slate. Ex - Hiebert Collection.Motley COA.303. 3 7/16" Shield Bannerstone - Rare style from Auglaize Co., Ohiofound in 1940. Ex - Mack Collection. Jackson COA.304. 4 9/16" Adena Pendant - Extra fine large and substantial pendantfrom Ohio. Jackson COA.305. Pair of nice Drilled Pendants - Pair of nice pendants from SpencerCo., Kentucky. Ex - Sears Collection.306. 7 5/8" Glacial Kame Gorget - Found near Fort Wayne, Indiana. GreenBanded Slate.307. 5 1/8" Biconcave Adena Gorget - Large Green banded slate examplefrom Ohio.308A. 2 3/4" Panel Bannerstone - Excellent example with use wear and anice raised-rim. Unknown collection number 112/J.G. Incredible bandingcoming to the central ridge on both sides. Jackson COA.308B. 2 7/16” Bottle Bannerstone - Very pretty example in a Yellow-Orange Quartz. Highly translucent example from Indiana. Comes with aDavis COA.

309. 2 3/8" Bottle Bannerstone Preform - Found by James E. Baron inPrentiss Co., Mississippi. Ex - Gary Noel Collection. Rose Quartzite.Davis COA.310. 3 5/8" Shaft-Straightener/Pectoral Pendant - Unique piece of well-patinated California steatite may have served dual duty. Goodmineralization. California Coast.311. 2 3/16" x 4 9/16" Winged Bannerstone - Green Banded Slate. LickingCo., Ohio. Classic form and style and in excellent condition with just a fewplow scrapes. Ex - Mel Wilkins Collection.312. 5 3/16" Birdstone - Authentic example from Lenawee Co., Michigan.Ex - I.W. Robinson and B. Tiell Collections. Excellent mineralization and picturedin several Who’s Who and other Journals. Those of you who know howmany we turn down each year know this is an extra special piece.313. 2 13/16" Gorget - Masterfully salvaged piece from Franklin Co.,Arkansas. Highly polished Ferruginous Claystone. Ex - Jim CasonCollection. Davis COA.314. 2" Granite Cone - Excellent Granite Hemispheric Cone from RossCo., Ohio featuring a slightly cupped concave base. Ex - Bob Converseand David Kuhn Collections. Jackson COA.315. 2" Humped Bannerstone - Cape Co., Missouri. Ex - Allan Collection.Superb Red Ochre Stained Claystone. Davis COA.316. 5" G-10 Pentagonal Pendant - This superb example from SenecaCo., Ohio made from ferruginous slate is pictured in Who’s Who #2 & #8pg 125. Ex - Jack Hooks and Dean Driskill Collections. Hooks Catalog 4/29/89 #287. Davis G-10 COA.317. 24" Missouri Trade Axe Tomahawk - This Tourist Trade item featuresa ‘weeping heart’ motif Axe head and a hand-carved handle with brasstacks. Excellent decorator item. Post-WWII Vintage.

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329. 5 1/2" x 4 3/4" Caddo Belcher Engraved Bottle - Excellent engravedpiece from Clark Co., Arkansas with minor restoration to the rim and base.Perino COA.330. 5 3/4" x 6 1/4" Human Effigy Pot - Precolumbian effigy Polychromepot from Ecuador. Handle Missing. Grandfathered.331. 7 7/8"x 5 1/4" Acoma Sgraffito Blackware Wedding Vase - Excellentincised Sgraffito Wedding Vase signed ‘MS Acoma’ featuring two deer.Attributed to Melody Simpson award winning Acoma potter.332. 4 1/2" Polychrome Southwestern Pot - Early Vintage, this unsignedexample of unclear heritage features unique geometric designs.333. 4 7/8" x 5 1/2" Navajo (Dine) Sgraffito Vessel - An excellentSgraffito blackware vessel by Navajo Artist David Willie. Circa 1990, thisexample features intricate engraving. Signed.334. 4 5/8" Acoma Seed Bowl - Excellent painting on this collaborativework from the Garcia Clan. Signed G/G. Acoma, New Mexico.335. 4 3/4"x2 3/4" Argillite Bear Carving - Nice Inuit or Eskimocontemporary carving of a Polar Bear. Unsigned. Foot reattached.336. Pair of 5" Jemez Hopi Vessels - Marked M.F.G. Jemez on bottom ofWedding Vase. 1950’s Vintage.337. 4 7/8"x 6 1/2" Pot - Excellent mineralization and remaining redglaze on this example from Morehouse Co., Arkansas. Jackson COA.338. 7 1/2" x 4 3/8" Polychrome Effigy Bowl - Prehistoric PrecolumbianCentral American bowl featuring animal effigy. Completely intact.339. 5 3/4"x 6 3/4" Mississippian Grayware Pot - This Ex-Dan Stroudpiece from Rolla, Missouri features no restoration and excellent mineralization.Jackson COA.

340. 16 1/8" Nayarit Figurine - Extra large example of a seated mandrinking. West Mexico, Circa 1300 AD.341. 8 7/8"x 2 7/8" Caddo Frog Effigy Bowl - Bowl in excellent shape withno apparent restoration. Old ink ‘VH-86-#150’ on bottom. Arkansas.342. 8" x 8 1/2" Casas Grande Pot - Excellent polychrome example.Unsigned early vintage handmade piece with good glaze.343. 3 5/8" x 4 3/4" Ft. Ancient Seed Pot - Greenup Co., Kentucky. Ex -Dean Seldon Jr. Collection. Jackson COA344. 4 1/2" x 1 3/4" Pinch-top Polychrome Bowl - Excellent prehistoricPrecolumbian bowl with excellent mineralization.345. 22 1/2" Catlinite Trade Bead Necklace - Early set of trade beadsfrom the Northern plains in Catlinite. Circa 1700’s.346. 23" String of Large Black Eye Trade Beads - Circa 1890, these 12-13mm beads feature white ‘eyes’ with red dots. Very pretty.347. 24" Blue Chevrons w/ Red Hearts - Large and small Blue Chevronbeads with red hearts. Nice set.348. 44" String of Trade Beads - String of trade beads featuring manydifferent styles and compositions of beads.349. 26" Necklace with Mother of Pearl - Consisting of 5mm Red Hearttrade beads with carved Mother of Pearl disc. Vintage.350. 4 1/4" Beaded Seneca Pincushion - Excellent star configuration withmulticolor beads and features loop with a primary suspension loop. Very Nice.

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351. 3 3/4" Seneca Beaded Coin Purse - Very nice beaded purse featuring numerousbead styles. Circa 1910-1920.352. 8 3/4" x 3" Micmac Quilled Lidded Birchbark Basket - Very pretty lidded Birchbark box by the Micmacs of Eastern Canada. Features two quilled Maple Leafs along withintricate quillwork detail around lid. Mostly there and stable but some missing quills.353. Pair of Child’s Beaded Moccasins - Nice set of Beaded Child’s moccasins withwool lining. 1920-1940. Includes contemporary navy blue with gold trim container.354. 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" Beaded Seneca Purse - Excellent early Seneca beaded pursemade between 1910-1930. ‘From Niagara Falls’ on front with beaded bird motif on back.355. 10 1/4" Indian on Horse Sculpture - Early Chalkware Indian riding a horse withheaddress and tomahawk. Christmas gift inscription with 1937 date on bottom in pencil.Excellent Indian-Themed go-with.356. 5 1/16" Shell Mask - Excellent Shell Mask from the MS-51 site in Smyth Co.,Virginia. Solid and completely stable357. 5" Engraved Shell Gorget - Hiawassee Island, Tennessee. Stabilized condition.Large with fairly detailed incising. Jackson COA.358. 3" x 2 5/16" President Rutherford B. Hayes Peace Medal – One of only 500minted, this Bronze medal in excellent condition features a bust of President Hayes onthe front, and a pioneer standing with an Indian and crossed tomahawks on the reverse.Loop added later. Weight 4.87 oz. Dated 1877. Last 3 recorded sales in 3-5K range.

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369. 4 Hopewell Points - Very pretty arrangement of Hopewells fromCentral KY. Ex - Webb Collection.370. Lot of 5 Turtleback Scrapers - Superb grouping of scrapers in BoyleChert from Central KY. Ex - Webb Collection.371. Lot of 3 nice Celts - One large Excellent Dover Flint Celt, one flintchisel/Celt with use polish, one smaller hardstone celt with old labelstating ‘Found by C.R. Hymon in Porter Co., Indiana’.372. Lot of 4 Central Texas Points - Edwards and Castroville and more.373. Lot of 3 nice Pickwicks - Fayette Co., Kentucky. Ex - Webb Collection.374. Pair of nice Stemmed Archaic Knives - Very pretty set of red andcream fossil chert ‘Paleo looking’ examples from Central KY. Ex - Webb.375. 33pc Hopewell Cache - Cache of 33 Hopewell Preforms in Flint Ridgefrom Ohio. Ex - Col. Raymond Vietzen Collection. Jackson COA.

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359. Set of 3 Scrapers - Set of 3 nice scrapers in Fort Payne and Hornstonecherts. Spencer Co., Kentucky. Ex - Sears Collection.360. 3 Dovetails - Pretty set of 3 Dovetails from Spencer Co., Kentucky withearly collector restoration. Ex - Sears Collection.361. Pair of nice Montell points - Nice set from Central Texas. Translucent.362. 2 3/8" Wheeler Excurvate - Nice Wheeler from Jessamine Co.,Kentucky. Ex - Webb.363. 3 Adenas - Nice set of 3 Adenas from Central Kentucky. Ex - WebbCollection.364. Lot of 5 nice Madison Triangles - Beautiful arrangement of 5 niceMadison Triangles from Fayette Co., Kentucky. Ex - Webb Collection.365. Set of 3 Godars - Nice decorator set of 3 Godars from Arkansas. Ex -Moore Collection.366. 2 3/4" Eva - River stained chert. Rare! Tennessee.367. Set of 5 SW Birdpoints - Nice grouping in jasper, agate, and HartvilleUplift . SW Colorado.368. Set of 5 excellent Big Sandy Points - Various materials fromJessamine and Fayette Co., Kentucky. Ex - Webb Collection.

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376. 4 Nice KY Adenas - Nice set of Adenas from Central Kentucky. Ex -Webb Collection.377. Pair of Paleo Darts - Fort Payne Chert examples from Central KY. Ex -Webb Collection.378. Pair of Nice Papered Kirks - This pair of nice small Kirk points comewith Baker COA’s and are from Ohio and Arkansas.379. Set of 3 Ohio Cobbs Knives with COA’s - Set of 3 nice Cobbs Triangularknives with individual Baker COA’s. Excellent buy!380. 10 Hopewell Points! - Lot of 10 nice Hopewell points. Many very colorfulexamples. Midwest.381. Pair of Howard County points with COA’s - Nice set of IndianaHoward County points both with individual Baker COA’s. A good buy asboth are very pretty!382. 9 5/8" Spade - Madison Co., Illinois. Nice large Spade with a RogersCOA in Mill Creek Chert.383. Set of 4 Conerly points with COA’s - Very nice set of Ohio andKentucky Conerly Points in pretty materials. Individual Baker COA’s.Good buy!384. Lot of 3 Newton Falls points with COA’s - 3 nice Newton Falls pointsfrom Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky all with Baker COA’s.385. 6 Nice FL/GA points - 6 nice points from Florida/Georgia. Some highlytranslucent.386. Pair of Archaic Darts - Nice Set of Archaic pieces from Central KY. Ex- Webb Collection.387. 6 Nice Knife River Flint pieces - 6 nice heavily patinated Knife RiverFlint pieces from a North Dakota private ranch.388. Pair of nice Big Sandys - Very pretty in Carter Cave Flint from JessamineCo., Kentucky. Ex - Webb Collection.389. 13" x 6 1/2" Eskimo/Aleut Food Bowl - Excellent carved food bowlfrom Alaska. Pre-1930.390. 8 1/8" x 5 3/16" Eskimo/Aleut Carved Wooden Spoon - Excellentcarved cedar spoon from Alaska. Pre-1940.

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389. 13" x 6 1/2" Eskimo/Aleut Food Bowl - Excellent carvedfood bowl from Alaska. Pre-1930. dennison Collection.390. 8 1/8" x 5 3/16" Eskimo/Aleut Carved Wooden Spoon -Excellent carved cedar spoon from Alaska. Pre-1940. Dennison.391. 13" Vintage Beaded Knife Sheath with Decorated Knife -Very well made beaded sheath from the 1950’s 1960’s withdecorated knife handle of similar vintage. Dennison Collection.392. 6 3/4" x 1 7/8" Beaded Iroquois Pillow - Excellent earlybeaded and decorated pillow of Iroquois/Seneca/Mohawk origin. NewYork State. Pre-1940. Field appears to be 100% with only a fewmissing beads around the edge.393. 15 3/16" Northwest Coast Salmon Packer/Club - TouristTrade piece. California or Oregon Argillite. Nice Polish. Unsigned.394. English Gunflints - Lot of 10 English Gunflints made fromBlue Dover Flint.395. French Chalcedony Gunflints - Lot of 11 Honey-coloredChalcedony French Gunflints.396. English Gunflints - Lot of 10 English gunflints. Blue Dover.397. 2" x 3 1/8" Navajo Pawn Silver Bracelet with Watch -Intricately made Silverwork with turquoise and coral insets with oldTimex. Maker’s Mark stamped ‘FJ’. Ex- Sears Collection.398. Pair of Skookum Dolls - Nice pair of Skookum dolls withpainted features, one in Papoose, one wrapped in blanket.399. 5 7/8" Iroquois Beaded Purse - Beautiful example featuringmany colors of beadwork. Pre-1920.400. 6" Iroquois Beaded Purse - Nice example. Some fraying.Pre-1920.401. Pair of 9 1/2" Beaded Armbands - Plains Type in excellentcondition with great toning. Circa 1880-1920.402. 10 3/4" Unique Flint Hoe/Pick - Very unique flint Hoe/Pick/Spike from Wapello Co., Iowa. Mill Creek chert. Featuresappropriate mineralization and use-polish. One-of-a-kind artifact.403. 8" Bone Snow Knife - Carved bone. Alaska. Pre-1890.404. 7 1/2" Carved Bone Sled Handle - Excellent Aleut bonehandle from Alaska. Pre-1890. Dennison Collection.

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