Small collection.
Small collection.
Here are two items, which my wife and I found in British Columbia.
My wife found the arrowhead on Denman Island while digging an extension onto our garden, in 1983.
The shale beads, drilled with harder stone points, were sifted from various middens along the coast, by me and friends, 1970 through 1990.
Local museum scientists tell me the arrow point is probably from the Comox band, and the beads, which are Coast Salish, were used for adornment, and also to bury with those who had passed on to another world. These particular ones were NOT dug from graves!
The point is 2 1/2" long, and the bead string is about 5 foot 8" long.
These objects keep us in touch with the rich history of this area!
My wife found the arrowhead on Denman Island while digging an extension onto our garden, in 1983.
The shale beads, drilled with harder stone points, were sifted from various middens along the coast, by me and friends, 1970 through 1990.
Local museum scientists tell me the arrow point is probably from the Comox band, and the beads, which are Coast Salish, were used for adornment, and also to bury with those who had passed on to another world. These particular ones were NOT dug from graves!
The point is 2 1/2" long, and the bead string is about 5 foot 8" long.
These objects keep us in touch with the rich history of this area!
Utopia!! A chicken in every pot!! And a Barlow in every pocket!!!
Johnnie Fain would have approved!
1949 - 2009
Johnnie Fain would have approved!
1949 - 2009
Re: Small collection.
Very nice Its always neat to hold a little history in your hands
Geat find!!
Geat find!!
Lose you temper and you lose a friend, lie and you lose yourself!
Chickasaw/Choctaw Indian
ouhunter
Chickasaw/Choctaw Indian
ouhunter
Re: Small collection.
WOW!! those are cool!!
Please keep posting your finds I really enjoy looking at them (your arrow heads were great).
I wish I could find something simular on my property.
Thanks again
Please keep posting your finds I really enjoy looking at them (your arrow heads were great).
I wish I could find something simular on my property.
Thanks again
-( life is too short to carry a cheap knife )-
Re: Small collection.
I forgot to add that the point is maybe a few hundred years old, but the beads range from 2,000 to 4,000 years old!!
This is from the anthropologists at the Royal Museum in Victoria.
This is from the anthropologists at the Royal Museum in Victoria.
Utopia!! A chicken in every pot!! And a Barlow in every pocket!!!
Johnnie Fain would have approved!
1949 - 2009
Johnnie Fain would have approved!
1949 - 2009
Re: Small collection.
Thanks ou! I really enjoy looking at your collection.ouhunter wrote:Very nice Its always neat to hold a little history in your hands
Geat find!!
Utopia!! A chicken in every pot!! And a Barlow in every pocket!!!
Johnnie Fain would have approved!
1949 - 2009
Johnnie Fain would have approved!
1949 - 2009
Re: Small collection.
upnorth, Thanks Mine are from 500 to 10,000 yrs old, but most are in the 500 to 8,000 yrs old range. I've been doing alot of research and boy is there alot to learn. LOL But it's been a blast.
Lose you temper and you lose a friend, lie and you lose yourself!
Chickasaw/Choctaw Indian
ouhunter
Chickasaw/Choctaw Indian
ouhunter
Re: Small collection.
8,000 to 10,000 years is a long time in human life terms!!!
It's amazing when you hold something like that!!
Inspires humility!!
It's amazing when you hold something like that!!
Inspires humility!!
Utopia!! A chicken in every pot!! And a Barlow in every pocket!!!
Johnnie Fain would have approved!
1949 - 2009
Johnnie Fain would have approved!
1949 - 2009
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Re: Small collection.
Well said!upnorth wrote:It's amazing when you hold something like that!!
Inspires humility!!
Great find!
Knivlaus mann er livlaus mann.
A knifeless man is a lifeless man - Old Nordic proverb.
A knifeless man is a lifeless man - Old Nordic proverb.
Re: Small collection.
Nice!!!!!!! Very Nice!!!!!!
I'm not young enough,____to know everything !!!!!!!!!!!!
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