Ancient Artifacts & Antiquities
Lot 28:
4 1/4" Stillwell/Etley Variant found in Lincoln County, Missouri
4 1/4" Stillwell/Etley Variant found in Lincoln County, Missouri. This point has many of us guessing because its build is unusual. The body of this piece has the thickness, needle tip and flaking of an etley with the thickest area being the notched area. Notches are a bit shorter than we generally see on etleys and it has serrations not typical of an etley. In outline it appears to be a Stillwell which is even more vexing because stillwells are older than etleys. Patination is true from tip to base. Our best guess is that its an etley that was rebased and serrated by a later culture but that is a guess. Ryan Keele scoped this piece and proclaimed it is a good old one but wouldn’t paper it because it really couldn’t be positively typed based on its build. A very well made point with excellent patination. Found by Donald Koehler, his father or grandfather on their 4 generation family farm in Lincoln County, Missouri.
Condition: Authentic
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