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Authentic Indian Artifacts from Dr. Robert Mercer’s collection.
1.Bone Needle used to sew skins
2.Dr. Mercer purchased this hand axe from a Canadian museum.The color comes from centuries of desert sun in Egypt, called “desert varnish.”First tool used by primitive man.
3.This is an obsidian knife from Africa.It was a gift from a retired British Army Officer named Tom Williams.
4.A beautiful “ceremonial” spear purchased in New Orleans many years ago.Probably came from the huge ruins at Poverty Point, Louisiana. Unfortunately, the item broke at the weakest point; still a beautiful, rare artifact.
5.An unfired shell from “Dull Knife” (Indian Chief’s name) from a battlefield in Wyoming.
6.Stone fish hook the best of two in the original collection
7.Very special flattened biconcave cross-section Folsom point
8.Rare Clovis Point, beautiful example, has collection file numbers
9.Steel Tomahawk, French trading axe with maker’s mark: Revollier, beautiful patina
10.Collection of bird/arrowhead points
11.Old “Ohio Stone Tools”, 45 pages, cover poor/detached from inner pages, large format, great volume of information
12.Hand axe highly polished. The cutting edge is carefully chipped; found by Dr. Mercer in South Dakota
Extra careful packing; will have insurance to cover the shipment. This will be the last of Dr. Mercer's collection. He was a very special man; I was fortunate to go fossil hunting with him in Sarasota, Florida. I stood 8 feet from himandpicked up an arrowhead. I didn't know he was interested in Indian artifacts, and right there in the field, he knew which tribe had made it and could date it. I ended up giving it to him. She said he kept it in his pocket for years as a talking point. He loved his collection; his family passed it on to me after he passed. As a young man, he could not go out with his friends to find arrowheads because he had to study to become a Doctor. He promised himself that when he could, he would assemble a nice collection. Some of his more special items came from Museums. Dr. Mercer worked at the Cleveland Clinic for most of his career. I took the collection to grade school classes to talk about Indian artifacts, look at the ground, and find treasures.
Just found this nice booklet that Dr. Mercer had given me with the collection. Great reference for Clovis type points.
