**Originally Listed At $200**

Pre-Columbian, Mexico to Guatemala, Maya and Toltec cultures, ca. 550 to 1200 CE. This is a fine collection of 10 stone projectile points, blades, and drill - all knapped from chert and obsidian. The largest is a flaked jet-black obsidian spear head, with basal notches that create pronounced ears and a petite stem - a very impressive and sizable blade, perhaps for ritualistic use. The drill bit or perforator has a long tapering bit with a thick base cross-section, and usually spent projectile points were turned into drills. The rest of the chert and obsidian points are bifacially knapped with sharp edges, fine pointed tips, and even petite serrations along the narrow gray blade. The stemmed heads may have been attached to wooden shafts, and the unstemmed pieces could be used as scrapers or other cutting blades. Size of largest obsidian point: 4.5" L x 2.75" W (11.4 cm x 7 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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#157196

Largest obsidian blade is intact. Losses to the blades, stems, points, and peripheries of 6 as shown. Chips and nicks to peripheries of all from age and use. Light mineral deposits and all are displayed in a modern Riker case.