FIVE AUTHENTIC POLISHED DEER BONE AWLS 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 GROUP OF 5 POLISHED DEER BONE AWLS WHICH ALL EXHIBIT EXCELLENT PATINA AND SOIL STAINING.  THEY WERE FOUND BY THE LATE JOHN OSPETH OF MOBRIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA AND MANY ARE ILLUSTRATED IN WHO'S WHO IN INDIAN RELICS NO. 2 (1968) ON PAGE 234.  THEY MEASURE FROM 2 1/2" UP TO 4 3/8" AND ALL ARE IN VERY GOOD UNDAMAGED CONDITION.  THEY ARE GUARANTEED TO BE GENUINE. 

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