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Lot 6:
3 5/8" Agate Basin found in Lincoln Co., Missouri - Koelhler Family Collection
This 3 5/8 inch Agate Basin point is a classic Early Archaic example made from high quality cream colored Burlington chert. The piece shows the refined workmanship expected of the type with long controlled percussion thinning excellent blade symmetry and a properly contracting stem. One face displays heavy even patination that adds strong character and confirms long term burial while the opposite face retains the smooth mineralized surface typical of authentic Burlington material. The overall form is textbook for an Agate Basin with balanced proportions and the straight blade edges that define the type.
This artifact comes from the three generation Koehler family collection from Lincoln County Missouri accumulated by Donald Koehler his father and his grandfather over more than a century. Most artifacts in the collection were personally found on the family farm and this point is believed to have been recovered by one of the three generations. The material workmanship and patination are fully consistent with Missouri Agate Basin finds.
The piece exhibits all classic Agate Basin attributes including long controlled thinning balanced blade symmetry and a correctly formed contracting stem. The cream Burlington chert shows proper aging characteristics with one face heavily patinated and the other showing the expected mineralized Burlington surface. Based on form patination and provenance this Agate Basin is unquestionably authentic and represents a strong textbook example of the type.
Provenance. Ex Koehler Family Collection Lincoln County Missouri
Condition: Authentic
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