28. Profile under the gangue

A quick and easy one to restore.

Nice found under the gangue (matrix formation)

Here is a nice example of how to restore a potential artifact, found AS IS (first picture), by removing the small matrix formation (also called "Gangue") with the Dremel tool.  The stone side is clearly cuts by man hand (the cuts are not natural - see picture below), this make a perfect man profile (eye, nose and mouth). The artist used the natural form, he just added the eye and the nose.

The stone was broke/cut to do the art.

Profile close-up (small matrix parts still attached - need to be cleaned)

27. The old man

Agatized Sea Shell

The upper part is the agatized sea shell

Finaly a new update after almost one year of silence.
Here we have a very nice piece and very strange!
This is an agatized sea shell (sort of - upper part) with a strange lower part:
There is one hole on the center that represents an eye,
and two noses on each side.
You can turn the piece left or right and a new profil appears.
Very interesting art !

The lower part is the effigy of an old man (click to magnify)

Size: ~11.5cm
Material: Fossil

Restored: A little (Lower part polished).

Provenance: Mojave Desert (California part), USA

Estimated period: Upper Paleolithic (carving)

26. An amazing tool featuring an effigy

The Skull-Hammer

Presentation on an unique tool

Yes, this is a very unique item. Forget everything you saw in paleolithic tools. It is basically a Hammer, but with a fire starter on his back, a notch to take measurement for your handle (or something else) on his back and a notch to work your handle (or something else) on the front. If it's not enough, it has the effigy of a skull carved on it:

(click to magnify)

The skull-hammer has been placed on a handle and tied with a string to demonstrate what it would have looked like in the days it was being used. Look at the video for a better understanding :

Size: ~11.5cm
Material: Stone

Restored: A little (was partially covered by gangue).

Provenance: Mojave Desert (California part), USA

Estimated period: Upper Paleolithic (certainly older)

25. Another masterpiece

We bet you never saw something like that

This is not only a petrified tooth with the roots and part of the jaw bone...

complete tooth (click to magnify)

... but also a complex Native American carving and a True Work of Art. It has all the criteria needed to qualify it as a work of wart. Those being, Positive Shapes, Negative Shapes, Implied Lines and Aesthetic Beauty.

Principal face into 4 directions (click to magnify)

Size: ~13cm
Material: Petrified organism (tooth)

Restored: Yes (was completely covered by gangue).

Provenance: Mojave Desert (California part), USA

Estimated period: Upper Paleolithic (certainly older)

MORE INFORMATION AND PICTURES FOR THIS PIECE COMING SOON !

Inside a space ship ? (click to magnify)

24. Profil of a man on tool

A strange tool...

... with a strange profil carved on it (click to magnify)

Size: ~5.5cm
Material: Unknown stone
Restored: No
Provenance: Mojave Desert (California part), USA
Estimated period: Upper Paleolithic

23. Profils on Paleo Spearhead

A Paleo Spearhead

Here is another Paleolithic tool with artworks on it.

Profil of a man - Face 1

Profil of a man - Face 2

Size: ~2.5cm
Material: Unknown stone
Restored: No
Provenance: Mojave Desert (California part), USA
Estimated period: Upper Paleolithic

22. Art on tool

Beautiful paleolithic tool

Like Artifacts #8, #10 or #14, the man and his pet appear on this piece:

The man and the pet (click to magnify)

Size: ~3cm
Material: Unknown stone
Restored: Yes
Provenance: Mojave Desert (California part), USA
Estimated period: Upper Paleolithic