Native American, Midwestern to Eastern United States, Archaic to Woodland period, ca. 2000 BCE to 1500 CE. A collection of 20 stone tools and other artefacts from ancient archaic to woodland culture Native Americans. The majority are 13 handheld celts or axe blades, with sharpened and flared cutting edges, and rounded or blunt tips for gripping; one has a drilled hole through the center. Another stone is a mottled red granite full groove axe head of a petite size. The 2 elongated tear drop shapes are plummets, with a shallow ring groove around the neck for suspension - the gray one is quite dense and heavy. Plummets' exact use are still debated, but perhaps functioned as bola stones, fishing sinkers, or plumb lines. Also included is a stone discoidal, a cylindrical bannerstone preform, and a stone bead with a hole drilled through the center. Last is a white quartzite stone that is an anthropomorphic head, with a pointed chin and protruding nose. Size of largest celt: 3.5" L x 1.75" W (8.9 cm x 4.4 cm); bead: 1" L x 0.75" W (2.5 cm x 1.9 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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Chips and nicks to celt blades as expected with use. Old inventory labels attached to several, and written find sites or numbers on surface of several. All are intact with minor weathering as expected with age and use.