Item BR31
This Item was Sold on 4 August
2010 for $10
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This reproduction of a Native American Agate Basin or
Hellgap spear or atlatl dart point was made by D.
C. Waldorf from Washburn, Missouri. The time period
for Agate Basin is Transitional to Early Archaic and the
Hellgap is late Paleo. D.C. is the author of " The Art of
Flintknapping ", a layman's guide which has sold more than
40,000 copies over the years. Waldorf is also the publisher
of the periodical " Chips ", the best of the flintknapping
journals. A purist, Waldorf uses only bone, wood, horn, wood
& stone tools, viz. tools the Indians used. Thus, D.
C.'s points are not as refined as Virgil Tonn's points, but
they are closer to what was made by Native Americans. This
point is an Agate Basin Lanceolate, made out of flint from
Flint Ridge, Ohio. It is signed but not dated. It was made
in 1979 and was part of the manufacturer's personal
collection for years. There is a small chip on one edge.
Both sides are shown in the photo below. Length = 100 mm.
Weight = 26 gm.