Description:

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manteno culture, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE; Native American, United States, Archaic to Woodland period, ca. 1000 BCE to 1500 CE. A collection of 6 chert, quartzite, and obsidian stone projectile points and a strand of over 30 pottery and shell beads! The Pre-Columbian beads are spherical and smooth except for the incised and carinated spindle whorl beads- these are etched with stippled and curvilinear designs, and the elongated needle shaped shell beads to the sides. This collection is strung in modern times on a lengthy cord for display purposes but could be restrung as a wearable piece. Size (largest blade): 3.5" L x 1.25" W (8.9 cm x 3.2 cm); (case): 12.25" L x 8.25" W (31.1 cm x 21 cm)

Provenance: private Kansas, USA collection, acquired via descent from family in Jalisco, Mexico ca. the 1940s, and imported into the US in the 1970s and 1980s

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  • Condition: Beads are in great condition and strung in modern times on a modern cord, not intended to wear as is, but could be restrung as one desired. Chips and losses to 2 smaller projectile point tips. Displayed in modern Riker case.

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