This is a great work in progress of a banded slate cerimonial boatstone. It has been pecked into the finished shape and it looks like the polishing had begun. If it could only tell it’s story as to why the work had stopped.
This one shows the hand carving on the sides and has a nice hole drilled on the end for mounting on the shaft. It has an ancient crack in it but it still is very solid. It also has great patina.
This old bullet mold is in good used condition. It is stamped with 150 on the inside. It has bit of rust except for a couple spots where something had dripped on it preventing it from rusting. It still in working order.
This is a very nice hand carved argillite bowl. It was purchased as part of a collection of Northwest coast artifacts in the 1960’s. It appears to me to have quite a bit of age.
This is a classic example of the Ledbetter style with an asymmetrical blade. The shoulders are also asymmetrical with one side being broader than the other and one shoulder being horizontal and the other sloping upwards.
