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# 010. A large conch shell Awl measuring 10" long and 3" wide From St. John's River, Volusia County, Florida. Excellent
condition with a sharp tip. It appears to be manufactured from a Queen Conch Shell. (Strombus gigas) and is late prehistoric,
approximately 500BP. It has a Jackson Galleries COA # 28897.
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Item #SC7. A rare cache of classic Florida Shell Spoons, found
in 1991 stacked atop each other in Northern Pasco County near US19 and Hwy 52. Former Guy Waters collection.
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#171 . A small well made shell celt from the Maximo site in Pinellas County, Florida.
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Item #989m. A fine shell Celt from Manatee County,
Florida, measuring 4 1/8" tall and 2" wide at the bit.
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Item #161
A Florida Shell Celt from Tick Island
measuring 2 3/4" long and 1 1/2" wide. Former Scott Young collection.
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Item #165
A Florida Shell Celt from Tick Island
measuring 4 3/8" long and 2 3/8" wide.
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Item #162
A classic Shell Adze from Tick Island,
Florida measuring 4 1/2" tall and 2 1/4" wide. Former Dr. Sohon collection.
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Item #167
A moderately patinated Safety Harbor
shell Adze from Pinellas County, FL measuring 3 5/8" long and 2 1/4" wide. Former Scott Young collection.
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Item #200. A Shell Celt from Tick Island, St John's
River, Volusia County, Florida measuring 3" long and 2 1/4" wide.
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Item #119
A very solid heavily patinated marine
shell celt measuring 4" long, and 2 1/2" wide and 7/8" thick. No damage. A sharp and undamaged cutting edge is intact. From
Pasco County, Florida.
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Item: #RP1. A small shell Adze from Royal Palm Florida
measuring 2 5/8" tall and 1 9/16" wide.
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Item #098S. A Shell Celt from Manatee County Florida,
measuring 3 1/2" tall and 1 7/8" wide at the bit.
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Item #690sp. A classic Florida Shell Spoon from Manatee
County, Florida. It measures 4" long and 2 1/16" at the widest part of the scoop.
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Item: #220. A medium sized shell adze measuring 3 ½”
long and 2” wide. It was found in Pinellas County, Florida. A classic example of a Florida shell adze
in perfect condition.
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Item #166
A large conch shell bowl/dipper measuring
8 3/8" long and 6" wide.
Dippers of this type were used in the "black drink" ceremony practiced by the aboriginal inhabitants
of the Safety Harbor time period (1000BP) and other cultures throughout Florida and the Southeast. This dipper was found near
Weeden Island, on a western shoreline site of Tampa Bay, Pinellas County, Florida.
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Item: #Sc90. A classic Florida whelk shell Cup/Dipper
measuring 5 1/4" long and 3 1/4" wide. A nicely cut and smoothed drinking edge with a rolled handle left intact.
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Item #132
An unusual for type clam shell cup measuring
about a 3" diameter with cut and ground lip for handle. St.John's culture, found at Sabastian Inlet, Florida.
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Item #164. A classic for type and size, Mississippian
Shell dipper from Mississippi County, Arkansas measuring 6 1/2" long and 4 1/8" wide. These highly valued Gulf Coast shells
traveled to other inland aboriginal populations through trade routes along the Mississippi River.
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Item: #AW3. An above average in quality, heavily ground
Shell Columella Awl from Pinellas County, Florida.These were used as a utilitarian tool for puncturing holes in leather and
other materials.
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Item #82NT. A grouping of Ark Shell Net Weights, and
2 Shell Net Mesh Gauges. This style of shell net weights were tied along the bottom of fishing nets made by Native
Aboriginals of the Florida Gulf Coast. . The net mesh gauges were used as uniform measuring devices to determine the size
of the net openings during the manufacturing process.
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Item #CH1. A huge Shell Plane/Chisel measuring 8 1/8"
long. The cutting bit is sharp and perfect with the body being worked to a flat surface directly in line with the cutting
edge. This type of tool was used in woodworking tasks by Florida's coastal aboriginal populations, which included the making
of canoes, masks, totum type effigies and other projects. It has been manufactured from a Horse Conch (Pleuroploca gigantea),
and was found in Manatee County, Florida. 2000 BC - 500 AD
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Item #96. A cache of mint condition clam shell (Venus sp.)
hoes or hand choppers found together at the Palmer Estate site , now known as "Historic Spanish Point" in Osprey, Florida.
Manasota Culture 300BC-700AD. From the old collection of Ralph W Burnworth. Listed in Burnworth's Catalog as #C-316. They
average 3" diameter having distinctly carved shapes. This multi-cultural site was excavated by Ripley P Bullen in 1959, 1960,
and again in 1962. The Palmer site is referenced by "The Florida Anthropological Society publication number 8, 1976.
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Item #GU9. A very large Shell Gouge measuring 7" long.
It has a small scoop shaped hollow at the tip which was used in the working of wood.
Manufactured from a large Horse Conch (Pleuroploca gigantea),
and was found in Manatee County, Florida. 2000 BC - 500 AD
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Item #CH3. Another fine Horse Conch (Pleuroploca gigantea)
Shell Plane/Chisel measuring 5 1/2" long. It was found on Tick Island, St. Johns River, Volusia County, Florida.2000 BC -
500 AD
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Item #CH2. An absolutely classic Florida Shell Plane/Chisel
measuring 5 1/4" long, having a sharp and perfect bit. It is manufactured from a Horse Conch (Pleuroploca gigantea),
and still has some of the original midden matrix in the column grooves. Found at Tick Island, St. Johns River, Volusia County,
Florida. 2000 BC - 500 AD
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Item #CH5. A very well made Horse Conch (Pleuroploca gigantea)
Shell Plane/Chisel from Tick Island, Florida. It measures 5 5/8" long and it is in excellent condition and is a classic text
book example. 2000 BC - 500 AD
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Item #CH7. A short and very stout Shell Plane/Chisel
likely manufactured from a Queen Conch Shell (Strombus gigas). It is massively thick at 1 3/8" wide, and in nice shape, measuring
4 3/4" long. It is from Tick Island, Florida.2000 BC - 500 AD
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Item #CH4. A very thick and stout Shell Plane/Chisel
from Tick Island, Florida measuring 4 3/4" long and 1 1/4" wide. It has a long sweeping sharp bit and was made from a large
Horse Conch. 2000 BC - 500 AD (Pleuroploca gigante).
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Item: #LW1.
A Busycon shell cutting edge tool (Type B) from Weedon
Island, Florida. It is made from the "lightning whelk" ( Busycon contrarium), and measures 6" tall, and 4 1/4" wide.
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Item: # SA1.
A "Florida fighting conch" (Strombus alatus) shell
cutting edge tool. It measures 4 3/8" tall and 3 3/8" wide, having only a single hafting hole in the top outer edge of the
shell. Pinellas County, Florida.
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Item: #LW2.
A Busycon shell cutting edge tool (Type A) from Pinellas
County, Florida. It is made from the "lightning whelk" ( Busycon contrarium), and measures 4 3/4" tall, and 3 5/8" wide.
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Item: # SA2.
A "Florida fighting conch" (Strombus alatus) shell
cutting edge tool. It measures 4 1/8" tall and 3 1/4" wide, having only a single hafting notch in the top outer edge of the
shell. Pinellas County, Florida.
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Item: #PH1. A "Florida Crown Conch" (Melongena corona)
Type "G" shell hammer measuring 2 1/2" tall and 1 5/8" wide. Manasota Culture 500BC-800AD
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