Item #: DGAH1
Double-Groove Axe (Hammer) Head
Size: ~ 6 1/8" long
Material: Gray Granite
Age: Probably Late Archaic (5,500 to 2,500 BP)
American Indian Tools:A very rare
find. Double- grooved axe head! It was extremely
difficult to grind a groove around hard stone - even today with
modern hand tools. Now imagine grinding TWO grooves around the one
stone - for whatever purpose - in good symmetry! This is museum grade.
Nowhere in Hothem's reference books could we find a double-grooved
axe, celt or adze head - and this is a nice big one.
Provenance: Belgrade, Montana - K.H. consignment
Date found: 1960s
Price: $2250 or best offer
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American Indian Stone Age
Tools
Archaic Indian Axe
Item #:
AH1
Size: 4 3/16>" long x 2 1/2>” wide x 1 3/4" thick with 7/8" wide
groove
Material: Hematite hornblende
Age: Middle Archaic (8,000 – 5,500 BP)
American Indian Tools:
Axe Head 3/4 Groove. May have been
resharpened by Archaic Indian.
A very nice piece heavily grooved and nearly 100% intact with just a
tiny chip missing on lower middle left of groove ridge in upper
right photo, facing viewer - groove and groove ridge are totally
intact all around artifact. Good overall symmetry.
In 100% condition.
Provenance: Illinois, Knox County; Spoon River Area
Date found:
Sept. 2009 Farm
auction, Galesburg, IL
Price: $660 or best offer
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Item #:
C4 Mini-Celt
Size: 2 9/16<" long x 1 5/8>" wide x 11/16<" thick
Material: Granite
Age: Early Woodland (2,500 to 2,200 BP)
American Indian
Tools: A nice little Indian tool for your arrowhead collection. Back
end has a piece missing but has been worn completely smooth from
ancient use.
Provenance: Warren
County, IL
Date found:
Antique Mall;
Nov. 2012, Galesburg, IL
Price: $150
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Item #:
C3 Flared Celt
Size: 5 5/8" long x 3.0" wide x 1 3/8<" thick
Material:
Gneiss
hardstone
Age: Middle Woodland (2,200 – 1,800 BP)
Comments: The tortured underside of this celt was
caused by the farmers' discus implement until the artifact was
picked up. Note usage chip on narrow end. Good price for an
artifact with such a distinguished provenance.
Provenance:
The Glenn Westlake Collection* from northern Schuyler
(pronounced “Sky•ler”) County or southern Fulton County near where
the Sangamon and the great Illinois River converge. This artifact
was found near the tiny town of Bader, just south of Astoria IL and
also near Crane Lake.
Acquisition: Genevie Westlake auction in Astoria, IL on July 23,
2011
Price: $150
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Woodland Indian Adze
Item #:
AD1 Adze
Size: 5 1/2" long x 2 1/8" wide x 1 1/2" thick
Material: Olivine Hornblende hardstone
Age: Early Woodland (2,500 to 2,200 BP)
American Indian
Tools: Adze. A beautiful
polished deep green piece that feels hard, smooth and ancient in the
hand. Though polished, has an excellent grip for use as a hand tool
due to worn pitting in the body of the stone. In 100% condition.
Provenance: Spoon River valley in Illinois, Knox
County
Date found:
Auction House;
June 2010, Galesburg, IL
Price: $440 or best offer
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Item #:
AH8
Size: 3 5/8" x 3 1/4" semi-round x 1 1/2" thick with 7/8" wide
groove
Material: Tan Gneiss hardstone
Age: Middle Archaic (8,000 – 5,500 BP)
American Indian Tools:
War Hammer 2/4 Groove. This round, biscuit war hammer found at site
2601B has its obvious signs of use. In center photo, note missing
chunk on upper right section of the stone.
Provenance:
Illinois, Knox
County Spoon River bottomland
Date found: From figurine site 2601B. March 2003
Price: $185
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Item #: K11
Type: Paleo Crescent Knife
Length:2 3/16"
Material: Bone White Flint
Age: Late Paleo-Indian - Plano Culture 13,200 - 12,900
Probable Usage: Crescent knife blades are rare.
Provenance: Spoon River valley in Illinois, Knox County. From the
Delores Hampton Collection
near
Williamsfield, IL where many of the figurines on this website were
found.
Acquisition: April 2001
$99
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Item #: K12
Type: Paleo Knife
Length:2 1/2>"
Material: Bone White Flint
Age: Late Paleo-Indian - Plano Culture 13,200 - 12,900
Probable Usage: Knife blade.
Provenance: Spoon River valley in Illinois, Knox County. From the
Delores Hampton Collection
near
Williamsfield, IL where many of the figurines on this website were
found.
Acquisition: April 2001
$19
American Indian Stone Age
Tools
Item #: K10
Type: Paleo Square Knife
Length: 4 7/8"
Material: Purple Freckled Chert
Age: Late Paleo-Indian - Plano Culture 13,200 - 12,900
Probable Usage: Knife blade / lance tip form. Free
sickle handle
included.
Provenance: Spoon River valley in Illinois, Knox County
Acquisition: Auction May 2004, Hanna City, IL
$225
Indian stone tools look crude and primitive but Indian stone tools can cut,
pierce and chip. The Native American Indians made stone tools from limited
material stock.
D4
Type: Keyhole Drill
Length: 1 1/16"
Material: White Bone Flint
Age: Age: Early Woodland (2,500 to 2,200 BP)
Probable Usage: A
drill used with the thumb and forefinger. The tip shows signs that
the original owner was right-handed.
Provenance: Fulton County IL,
Date found: Purchased from independent dealer in Galesburg IL, Mar.
2012 $45 HOLD
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Woodland Indian Stone
Tool
S2 Hoe
Size: 5" long, 2 1/2" wide, 1 1/4"
thick
Material: Waxy gray flint
Age: Middle Woodland (2,200 – 1,800 BP)
American Indian Tools: General purpose scraping and digging
Provenance: Illinois, Pike County
Date found: From the
Fred Smith Collection.
Mr. Smith was an avid local collector who’s had Indian artifacts
displayed in Lar Hothem’s numerous guide books. May 2009 Auction,
Galesburg, IL
Price: $147
Item #: G6
Fire Starter Stone
Size: ~4" wide
Material: Sandstone
Age: Probably Woodland (2,500 - 1,250 BP)
American Indian Tools:
Grinder. This well-worn, hand-sized
grinding stone was likely used to start fires by protecting the palm
or as a base stone while twirling the starting stick.
Provenance: Belgrade, Montana
- K.H. consignment
Date found: 1960s
Price: $125
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Item:BR1
Size: 3 1/8>" long, 1 7/8<" wide, 1 1/8<" thick
Material: Limestone
Age: Middle Woodland (2,200 to 1,800 BP)
American Indian Tools: Bead Rock or "Sinker" for Holding nets
underwater
Provenance: Illinois, Warren County
Date found: From the
Fred Smith Collection.
Mr. Smith was an avid local collector who’s had Indian artifacts
displayed in Lar Hothem’s numerous guide books. May 2009 Auction,
Galesburg, IL
Price: $40
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Item #: MT2
Scribe
Length: 1 11/16>"
Material: White Flint
Age: Middle Woodland (2,200 – 1,800 BP)
American Indian Tools:
Scribe (writing tool) or Drill used to cut notches, images or holes
into antler, ivory, bone or wood.
Provenance: Peoria Co, Illinois
Date found: Auction May 2004, Hanna City, IL
Price: $31
Item #:
RT4 Multi-Tool
Length: 3 3/8<"
Material: White flint
Age: Middle Woodland (2,200 – 1,800 BP)
American Indian Tools:
This unique artifact has a scribe point at the bottom for writing on
bone and wood and it shows a bit of wear. There is a smooth edge on
one side near the lower end of the tool and a serrated edge for
sawing near the upper end. The other side of the tool has 2
different size spoke shavers for arrow shafts and is also quite
sharp. On top of that, this tool could also be used as a spear
point. The original "Swiss Army Knife".
Provenance: Knox Co, Illinois
Date found: Auction May 2004, Hanna City, IL
Price: $235
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Item #:
RT1 Uni-Blade Knife
Length: 1 11/16"
Material: Crystal-Fossil Milky Quartz
Age: Early
Archaic (9,500 to 8,000 BP) American
Indian Tools:
Knife. This beautiful crystal-fossil crinoid stem ("Indian Beads")
milky quartz artifact may have been used in surgery.
Provenance:
Illinois, Fulton
County Spoon River bottomland
Date found: Auction May 2004, Hanna City, IL
Price: $725
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Archaic Indian Stone
Tool
Item #: RT2
Lefty Hand Hammer
Size: 5 1/4" long x 2 5/8" wide x 1 1/4" thick
Material: Hematite Hornblende
Age: Probably
Middle Archaic (8,000 to
5,500 BP) American
Indian Tools:
Extremely rare! This is an amazing feat of Stone Age engineering:
Fits in the left hand as if it were molded by squeezing clay - but
this is hard iron-based hornblende stone! Both ends are flat for pounding. Note
ancient impact chips on the ends. The original "brass knuckles".
Will not stand up on either end without leaning it on a vertical
surface. Great price too!
Provenance: Peoria Co, Illinois
Date found: Auction May 2004, Hanna City, IL
Price: $485
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Archaic Indian Stone
Tool
Item #:
RT3 Hand File
Size: 2 3/4<" long x 1 13/16<" high
Material: Sandstone conglomerated to Slate
Age: Probably
Middle Archaic (8,000 to
5,500 BP) American
Indian Tools:
Extremely rare! Because of the fine grain of the sandstone (the
"snails' shell") this artifact may have been an Indian maiden's
personal fingernail file. Most of us modern humans take it for
granted that we have fingernail files - 11,000 years ago this item
would have been a luxury. We have not tried it out for fear of
devaluating its original patina.
Provenance: Fulton Co, Illinois
Date found: Auction May 2004, Hanna City, IL
Price: $75
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