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**Originally Listed At $350**

Native American, North America, Eastern Woodland, Archaic to Woodland period, ca. 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. A fine pair of hand-knapped stone tools both of a large size. The first is chipped into an hourglass shape, with convex bifacial and sharpened peripheries. This brown chert tool was used as an axe or hoe blade that was hafted to a wooden pole with a cord wrapped around the narrow center and this area is polished smooth from the extensive use. The other tool is a lengthy white chert blade or scraper that is flaked into a slightly curved bifacial profile and sharpened around the entire periphery. Size (large scraper): 7.75" L x 2.5" W (19.7 cm x 6.4 cm); (brown stone): 5" L x 3" W (12.7 cm x 7.6 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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#168781

  • Condition: Old losses to periphery of larger white blade. Minor nicks to both as expected with age and use. Brown hoe blade has areas of smooth, polish from use and light mineral deposits on the surface.

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