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#ARTIF-1300

Large skin Scraper; Bone; 6-3/8" long x 1-1/8" wide x 1/4" thick

$70  SOLD

#ARTIF-1301

Ivory skin scraper; 1-3/4" long x 1" wide x 3/16" thickest

$25  SOLD

#ARTIF-1302

Ivory tooth, beautiful caramel smooth patina;  skin scraper; 1-3/4" long x 5/8" wide

$50  SOLD

#ARTIF-1303

Ivory skin scraper; 2" long x 1-1/8" wide x 3/16" thick

$30  SOLD

#ARTIF-1304

Ivory skin scraper; 1-1/2" long x 7/8" wide x 1/8" thick

$25  SOLD

#ARTIF-1305

Ivory skin scraper, 1-1/8" wide x 1" long x 1/8" thick (unusual shape, well worked)

$35

#ARTIF-1306

Skin Scraper and/or pry bar, fossil bone,  measures 4-3/4" long x 1-1/8" widest x 1/2" thick

$115

#ARTIF-1307

Bone, (partial tool) end scraper.  Measures 3-1/2" long x 1" wide x 1" thick

$150

#ARTIF-1400

3-1/2" long, bone, Punuk (500 AD to 1200 AD); Punuk etching, unusual tip, very collectible

$75  SOLD

#ARTIF-1401

3" long, ivory Punuk (500 AD to 1200 AD), with artwork

$75  SOLD

#ARTIF-1402

3-3/4" long, ivory Punuk (500 AD to 1200 AD); completely etched, slight wear; EXTREMELY collectible

$250  SOLD; current value $400-500

#ARTIF-1403

3-1/2" long, ivory Punuk (500 AD to 1200 AD); slight damage to top; completely etched; EXTREMELY collectible

$185  SOLD

#ARTIF-1405

6-1/2" long; Bone, Punuk period, WALRUS head effigy at shaft opening, WHALE head effigy holding ivory spear point, wooden pegged in; we're sure ivory is new, not original

$1250

#ARTIF-1406

3-3/8" long, ivory, complete, no damage

$125  SOLD

#ARTIF-1407

2-3/4" long; bone, slight tip damage, worn, great patina & color

$75

#ARTIF-1408

2-3/4" long; ivory, tip damage

$80  SOLD

#ARTIF-1409

3-1/2" long; bone, great mottled color, 100% complete, no damage, slight wear

$100

#ARTIF-1410

2-3/4" long; ivory, tip damage, age crack

$75

#ARTIF-1411

2-7/8" long; bone; no damage, slight wear, great patina

$75  SOLD

#ARTIF-1412

2-7/8" long; bone, complete but worn

$65

#ARTIF-1413

3-1/8" long; ivory, 100% complete, wonderful color & patina

$100  SOLD

#ARTIF-1414

3-7/8" long; ivory; broken socket, extremely nice patina & rich color, very desirable

$120  SOLD

#ARTIF-1415

3-3/4" long; bone, slight damage, excellent tip

$95  SOLD

#ARTIF-1416

3-1/4" long; bone, 100% complete, no damage

$90

#ARTIF-1417

3-5/8" long; bone, 100% complete, excellent patina

$100  SOLD

#ARTIF-1418

3-1/2" long; bone, 100% complete, nice tip, slight wear on surface

$100

#ARTIF-1419

3-1/8" long; ivory; broken socket, excellent patina

$80

#ARTIF-1420

4" long; ivory harpoon BLANK, partial completion, awesome color, nice working marks

$75  SOLD

#ARTIF-1421

3-5/8" long; ivory, harpoon BLANK, partial completion

$75  SOLD

#ARTIF-1422

4-1/8" long; ivory; 100% complete, well-worn surface

$100

#ARTIF-1422-A

Fossil walrus ivory (beautiful patina), measures 3-1/4" long x 3/4" wide x 3/8" thick

$60  SOLD

#ARTIF-1422-B

Fossil walrus ivory, 3" long x 5/8" wide x 3/16" thick

$60

#ARTIF-1422-C

Fossil walrus ivory, measures 3" long x 3/4" wide x 5/8" thick

$50

#ARTIF-1422-D

Fossil walrus ivory, measures 3-1/8" long x 7/8" wide x 3/8" thick

$65

#ARTIF-1422-E

Fossil walrus ivory, measures 3" long x 7/8" wide x 1/2" thick

$60

#ARTIF-1422-F

Smooth fossil walrus ivory measures 3" long x 7/8" wide x 1/2" thick

$40  SOLD

#ARTIF-1422-G

Punuk - note lash marks, 3 cuts.  Fossil walrus ivory measures 3-1/4" long x 7/8" wide x 3/8" thick

$75  SOLD

#ARTIF-1422-H

Blank, uncompleted.  Fossil bone.  Measures 2-1/4" long x 5/8" wide x 1/2" thick

$25  SOLD

#ARTIF-1422-I

Harpoon head, walrus ivory; measures 3-1/2" long x 3/4" wide x 1/4" thick

$90

#ARTIF-1422-J

Harpoon head, walrus ivory, measures 2-7/8" long x 5/8" wide x 3/8" tall

$60

#ARTIF-1422-K

Harpoon head, walrus ivory, measures 3-1/8" long x 9/16" wide x 1/4" thick

$60

#ARTIF-1422-L

Harpoon Head, Old Bering Sea, beautiful art work on walrus ivory.

Measures 3-1/4" long x 3/4" wide x 3/8" tall

$700

#ARTIF-1422-M

Harpoon head, Old Bearing Sea art design, walrus ivory.

Measures 2-5/8" long x 1/2" wide x 3/8" thick

$450

#ARTIF-1422-O

Harpoon head, walrus ivory, Old Bering Sea

$600  SOLD

#ARTIF-1423

8-3/4" long x 1-3/8" tall x 7/8" wide, BONE whale harpoon head, found on St. Lawrence Island, small chip near socket hole  $685  SOLD

#ARTIF-1424

8-15/16" long x 1" wide x 7/8" tall, WALRUS IVORY harpoon (Old Bering Sea) socket shaft with traditional circular and geometric carvings on entire piece.  WONDERFUL, EXTREMELY RARE, HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE

$1800  SOLD

#ARTIF-1425

7-3/4" long, ivory WHALE harpoon head, 100% complete, no damage, slightly worn, RARE & EXTREMELY COLLECTIBLE

$900  SOLD

#ARTIF-1426

Piece of whale harpoon shaft.  Old Bering Sea, beautiful etched lines, the style from this period, dark brown-black color is also right.  Carved from walrus ivory.  Measures 3-7/8" long x 1-1/4" wide x 7/8" thick

$1500

#ARTIF-1427

Part of harpoon head, Old Bering Sea line style.

Measures 1-1/6" long x 7/8" wide x 1/2" tall

$90

#ARTIF-1428

Harpoon shaft, walrus ivory

$800  SOLD

part of harpoon

RARE RARE!

#ARTIF-1475

Butterfly toggle shaft is made of walrus ivory.  Dated to Old Bering Sea, line work consistent with this age.  Measures 6" long x 2-1/4" wide x 1-1/2" tall

$2400

(war arrowheads or spear points)

#ARTIF-150

4-1/8" long; bone;  surface & tip damage, good example of projectile point

$35

#ARTIF-1501

3-3/4" long; ivory

$30

#ARTIF-1502

2-7/8" long; ivory, well worn

$25  SOLD

#ARTIF-1503

1-3/4" long; ivory with remains of wooden shaft in hole, blunt arrow piece with head/shaft

$75  SOLD

 

#ARTIF-1504

3 pieces: top: 2-1/4" light color-bone, 3-1/2" brown ivory; 2-7/8" dark brown ivory

All 3 damaged, makes for a wonderful starter set for the novice artifact collector

$35 for the set  SOLD

#ARTIF-1505

2-7/8" long x 1/4" wide, bone; bird point or stunner, found on St. Lawrence Island  $25  SOLD

#ARTIF-1506

2-5/8" long x 3/4" wide, ivory; bird point or stunner, found on St. Lawrence Island  $45  SOLD

#ARTIF-1507

1-1/2" long x 7/8" wide, bone; part of bird bolo (bolo is a weapon with numerous strands with ivory on ends, thrown into flock of birds to entangle one or more to fall)  $28  SOLD

#ARTIF-1507-A

Fossil walrus ivory, Measures 2-5/8" long x 5/8" wide x 5/8" thick

$30

#ARTIF-1507-B

Fossil walrus ivory, Measures 1-1/4" long x 3/4" wide x 1/2" thick

$28

These are more rare than harpoon heads.  

These are generally used for catching land animals.  These are in UNUSED CONDITION, dug at an ancient Savoonga (St. Lawrence Island) village site.

SOLD AS A COMPLETE SET of NINE, not to be sold separately.

$2800.00  set is SOLD 1508 thru 1516

Current value: $4000-6000.  Due to the nature of how this set was collected from St. Lawrence Island (no white, no non-native persons were involved nor allowed to dig on the island), these are extremely rare.  I have had this set in my collection for 8 years now and have never seen anything like them since.

#ARTIF-1508 9-3/8" long, two notches

#ARTIF-1509 8-3/4" long, two notches

#ARTIF-1510 8-3/4" long, two notches

#ARTIF-1511 8-3/4" long, two notches

#ARTIF-1512 8-1/2" long, two notches

#ARTIF-1513 8-1/8" long, two notches

#ARTIF-1514 7-7/8" long, one notch

#ARTIF-1515 7-5/8" long, two notches, with lashing hole

#ARTIF-1516 7-7/8" long, one notch

#ARTIF-1550

Projectile point, ivory.  Measures 2-3/4" long x 5/8" wide x 3/8" tall

$85

#ARTIF-1551

Bird blunt or Siliktu is a blunt ended weapon used to hunt birds such as geese or ptarmigan.  It causes a blow to the animal without damaging the flesh.  It is made to be riveted into a shaft, the broken end would have had a hole in it for the rivet.  Made of fossil walrus ivory.  Measures 1-1/2" long x 5/8" wide x 1/2" thick

$95

#ARTIF-1600

ADZ Stone; 5-1/4" long x 2" wide

$65  SOLD

#ARTIF-1601

ADZ, flaked slate; 4-1/4" long x 1-7/8" wide

$100  SOLD

#ARTIF-1602

SLATE KNIFE with 2 drilled holes for sinew attachment, WOOD HANDLE; 7-7/8" long; slate head is 3-3/4" long x 2-1/4" wide

$145  SOLD

#ARTIF-1603

BONE KNIFE; 8-1/2" long

$65  SOLD

#ARTIF-1604

ADZ HANDLE (wooden); 11-5/8" long

$125  SOLD

#ARTIF-1605

IVORY ETCHING KNIFE with metal blade, held together with wooden peg; circa Punuk period, 500 AD to 1200 AD; 5-1/8" long

$35  SOLD

#ARTIF-1606

HAMMER HEAD (bone); 1-7/8" long

$35  SOLD

#ARTIF-1607

SLATE KNIFE with SEAL HEAD EFFIGY on end of wooden handle; 11-3/8" long; slate head is 4-3/4" long x 2-1/4" wide

$260 SOLD

#ARTIF-1608

SHAFT STRAIGHTENER  5-1/8" x 2-3/16" (at widest part) bone  $95  SOLD; current value $450.  I have owned 3 in the last 10 years, now I have none.

#ARTIF-1609

Bone maul, partial.   3-1/4" long x 1-1/4" wide, walrus ivory   $85

#ARTIF-1610

4-1/4" long x 1-1/4" wide bone knife with slate blade (beveled edge), found along the Bering Sea  $125  SOLD

#ARTIF-1611

6-1/8" long x 1-3/4" wide, ivory adz with iron blade (2" wide)  $135

#ARTIF-1612

6-5/8" long x 2" wide x 1-1/8" tall bone adz head, found on St. Lawrence Island  $110

#ARTIF-1613

2-1/4" long x 1/8" wide, ivory skin hide creaser, circa Thule period, 1200 AD to 1700 AD  $25  SOLD

#ARTIF-1614

2-7/8" long x 1/4" wide wood handle with grooved tips for holding sinew  $40

#ARTIF-1615

3-7/8" long x 1/2" wide, bone carry handle (notch on one end, two holes along its length), Bering Sea - RARE  $35  SOLD

#ARTIF-1616

3-7/8" long x 1/2" wide, ivory knife handle made to hold slate blades (slit in ivory), Bering Sea, hash marks for gripping handle  $40

#ARTIF-1617

3-3/8" long x 1/2" wide, ivory knife handle - one end slit for small blade, other end worked down to form a chisel or gouge, Bering Sea, RARE  $45

whale effigy!

#ARTIF-1618

EXTREMELY RARE Root Digger, (2 pieces Walrus Ivory, attached using sinew through 2 drilled holed on handle),  7" long x 6-1/2" tall x 7/8" wide, 100% intact, no damage, beautiful coloration of ivory (handle carved in shape of whale, see 3rd photo)

$575  SOLD; current value: more than $1600; I found two similar but not in as good a shape as this and they were $1200-1600

#ARTIF-1619

DESCRIBED as a MOSQUITO SQUASHER - any ideas folks?  Open to suggestions.  Cool piece.

1-3/8" long x 1/2" tall x 1/2" wide, ivory

$65  SOLD

#ARTIF-1620

Etching knife handle, made of bone; 5-5/8" long x 5/8" tall x 1/4" wide

$25  SOLD

#ARTIF-1621

Curved etching knife handle, made of bone; 8" long (linear curvature) x 5/8" tall x 1/4" wide

$30  SOLD

#ARTIF-1623

Etching knife handle/leather creaser, made from bone; 5-3/4" long x 5/8" tall x 3/4" wide

$20  SOLD

#ARTIF-1624

Curved etching knife handle, made of bone; 8-3/8" long (linear curvature) x 5/8" tall x 5/8" wide

$22  SOLD

#ARTIF-1625

Bering Sea carved HOOK made of Stellar Sea Cow bone, found in Shishmaref Alaska in the early 1930's.  5-3/4" long x 5/8" wide x 1/2" thick

$95  SOLD

#ARTIF-1626

Possibly a handle.  Scrimshaw of simple stick figures of men with boats, seals, whales and walruses being caught.  Two drilled holes in either end of the rib bone.  Measures 8-1/8" long x 1-3/4" wide at bone juncture end, 1" wide in rib area x 1/4" thick in rib area.

$175  SOLD

#ARTIF-1627

Knife handle (tang).  Fossil walrus ivory, Measures 3-7/8" long x 1/2" wide x 1/2" thick

$75

#ARTIF-1628

Knife handle (tang).  Fossil walrus ivory, measures 3-3/8" long x 1/2" wide x 3/8" thick.

$65

#ARTIF-1636

Inflator for a sealskin float (walrus ivory) with plug (wood).  Two pieces.  Measures 3-1/4" tall x 1-1/2" wide x 1" thick

$575