Native American, Southern United States, Texas, Rio Grande Region / North Mexico, Archaic to Historic, ca. 3000 BCE to 1800 CE. This is a great collection of 27 projectile and blade heads, each hand-knapped and delicately flaked into a variety of forms of stemmed, unstemmed, and notched points. The majority are a notable shape: triangular with a central basal notch, known as a Carrizo type. The largest blades could be used as spears or knife blades, and the longest has petite side notches to create a stemmed neck. The stones are a mainly a variety of creamy brown, black, and beige chert, and 3 points are jet-black obsidian. Obsidian was a special material that was traded from volcanic sources in central Mexico and is evidence of extensive trade routes into northern regions. This is a fine collection with a great variety of sizes and shapes that demonstrate the vast array of designs that simple flaking could produce! Size of largest point: 4.35" L x 2" W (11 cm x 5.1 cm); smallest: 0.75" L x 0.5" W (1.9 cm x 1.3 cm); case: 12.25" L x 8.25" W (31.1 cm x 21 cm)

Provenance: private Ventura County, California, USA collection

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Losses to stems, ears/wings, and tips on 4 heads, including the largest obsidian blade. Chips and nicks to peripheries of most as expected with use and age. Great variety of forms and sizes. All displayed in modern Riker case.