Description:

Native American, United States, Missouri (Calloway County), Arkansas (Lawrence County), and Illinois (Calhoun County), Archaic Period, ca. 1st millennium CE. A fine set of 3 hand-knapped stone spear points from ancient North America. First is a Burlington chert point of dovetail form from Calloway County, Missouri with a tapered design culminating on the bottom with a trapezoidal tang. Next is another Burlington chert point of Hardin form from Calhoun County, Illinois with a triangular blade and a rectangular tang. Last is a mottled flint point of brown and cream hues found near Black Rock in Lawrence County, Arkansas with a thick tang beneath a Gibson-style blade. Size of largest (Calhoun Co., Illinois): 5.75" L x 1.5" W (14.6 cm x 3.8 cm)

Provenance: private Kansas City, Missouri, USA collection; ex-John Townsend collection, formed in the 1970's and earlier

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#164599

  • Condition: Calloway County point has restoration to area of base and blade edge. Lawrence County point has restoration to bottom of base. Calhoun County point has restoration to tip and basal corner. Nice surface smoothness throughout. Each point has find site information handwritten on one side.

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