Sales catalogue: Christies

Date:
14th July 1924
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/4/160
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Christies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    S PP. 69 NORTH AMERICA. Three examples of bone tools, from mound in St. Clair, Co. Illinois; six grinding and polishing stones, one per- forated ; a gorget, of stone, and two stone awls; also twenty-seven specimens of shell, coral and stone pendants. All from British North America 39 Canons of Colorado—in glazed box; and four imple- ments, of shell 690 Six pounders, in stone, the two in dark stone from Van- couver Island, the others probably from the same part ; also eight grooved implements, of stone, mostly from ‘Susquehanna, U.S.A. 14 69% Sixty-nine carefully selected arrow-heads, in stone, from = North America, showing almost every form es : 692, Fifty-six examples of stone javelin and arrow-heads, from — North America. A representative lot 56 ‘Three stone axes, two being of the grooved variety, which probably subserved the purpose of hammers when their edges became blunted; also four pounders and hammers, of stone. All from North America 7 cot Six examples of grooved axes, of stone, from North America mes a 6 ) Six other specimens, larger. Same provenance 6 »“ Seven flaked stone scrapers, and two spear-heads, from North America 9 stone axe-hammer and axe; two grooved pebbles ; two grooved axes, of iron ore; and two ditto, of stone. All _from North America 8 rA 3), A series of fourteen selected flaked stone scrapers, from _ North America—1% im. to 5 im. long 14 y Ten others, of wider type, including many of larger size. North American» 10 (sy. 14) E
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