Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Native American
A Collection of Native American Indian Prehistoric Stone Tools and Artifacts - A collection of Native American Indian prehistoric stone tools and lithic artifacts, likely dating from the Archaic to Woodland periods. The group includes several grooved axes and mauls, notched net weights or sinkers, celts, nutting stones with characteristic central depressions, hammerstones, and multiple flaked stone tools such as points or scrapers. Crafted from diverse materials including sandstone, quartzite, and chert, the items exhibit various manufacturing techniques such as pecking, grinding, and bifacial flaking. One specimen features a handwritten ink inscription reading BURL... N.J., potentially indicating a provenance from Burlington, New Jersey. Approximately 22 inches by 17 inches as displayed.