SCRAPERS
ARTIF-1300 Large skin Scraper; Bone; 6-3/8" long x 1-1/8" wide x 1/4" thick $70	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
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-1308 Hide scraper/de-flesher, bone 8-3/4” long x 3/4” wide x 1/4” thick $250	ARTIF-1309 Hide scraper/de-flesher, bone 8-3/4” long x 3/4” wide x 1/4” thick $250	ARTIF-1310 Hide scraper/de-flesher, bone, flat 5-7/8” long x 1/4” wide x 1/8” thick (also see Artif-1637, 1638, similar shape) $125

 

HARPOON HEADS

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

ARTIF-1416   3-1/4" long; bone, 100% complete, no damage $90

ARTIF-1417   3-5/8" long; bone, 100% complete, excellent patina $100

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

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

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

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

ARTIF-1422-H Blank, uncompleted.  Fossil bone.  Measures 2-1/4" long x 5/8" wide x 1/2" thick $25

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

WHALE HARPOON HEADS and SHAFT SOCKET

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

The current value of 1423, 24 and 25 as a complete unit would range between $4000-6000, the reason being that most collections may have 1-2 pieces but not 3.  Highly sought after.

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

BUTTERFLY TOGGLE SHAFT 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

PROJECTILE POINTS  (war arrowheads or spear points)
ARTIF-1500   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
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/set
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
ARTIF-1507-C Bird dart point, measures 3” long x 1/4” wide x 1/8” deep $45
NINE SPEAR POINTS or ARROW POINTS made of IVORY 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

 

OTHER TOOLS as described

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

ARTIF-1606   HAMMER HEAD (bone); 1-7/8" long $35

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   EXTREMELY UNUSUAL DESIGN, no concept of what it was used for - open to suggestions!   3-1/4" long x 1-1/4" wide, walrus ivory, tool or part of a tool  $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

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

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-1629 Unknown tool, 1-3/4” long x 1/2” wide x 1/4” deep $20

ARTIF-1630 Connector/spacer, walrus ivory, two holes; notch on reverse Measures 2-7/8” long x 1-1/2” widest x 1/4” thick $95

ARTIF-1631 Connector/spacer, walrus ivory, one round hole, two narrow notches; measures 2-1/2” long x 1-1/2” wide x 3/16” thick $85

ARTIF-1632 Connector, bone; 9 holes, and 2 broken holes on end Measures 3” long x 1-1/8” wide x 3/16” thick $75

ARTIF-1633 Connector, walrus ivory, 6 holes Measures 2-1/4” long x 1/2” wide x 1/8” deep $45

ARTIF-1634 Connector, walrus ivory. One slot and one notch; curvature on reverse fits nicely in thumb. Measures 1-3/8” long x 7/8” wide x 1/8” thick $60

ARTIF-1635 Knife handle (tang), bone with slit on one end Measures 3-1/4” long x 1/4” wide x 3/16” thick $85

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

ARTIF-1637 Possible marlin spike, bone, round 5-1/2” long x 1/4” wide + thick $95

ARTIF-1638 Possible marlin spike, round 6-1/2” long x 1/4” wide + thick $115

ARTIF-1639 Marlin spike, bone, round 6-1/4” long x 3/8” wide + thick $150

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