AUTHENTIC POLISHED DEER BONE AWL, SANDSTONE ABRADER, FROM THE COLLECTION OF DENNIS DARRINGTON

    RECENTLY ACQUIRED A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS WHICH WERE FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE DENNIS DARRINGTON, A PROMINENT COLLECTOR OF PLAINS INDIAN ARTIFACTS AND A FEDERAL PROBATION OFFICER WHOSE TERRITORY COVERED SEVERAL STATES ON THE UPPER MISSOURI RIVER.  MANY OF THE ITEMS IN THE COLLECTION WERE RECOVERED ON PRIVATE LAND IN THAT AREA DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1900'S.  THIS LISTING IS FOR A FINE 5 3/8" POLISHED DEER BONE AWL AND A SANDSTONE ABRADER WHICH WAS USED TO SHARPEN AWLS AND ALSO (PROBABLY) TO SMOOTH ARROW SHAFTS. BOTH WERE FOUND BY THE LATE JOHN OSPETH OF MOBRIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA WHO IS FEATURED IN WHO'S WHO IN INDIAN RELICS NO. 2 (1968). THEY ARE GUARANTEED TO BE GENUINE. 

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