Slate

7" and & 7 1/4" slate pendants, one of ferruginous and one of Erie banded slate.

beautiful example of Glacial Kame skill. Cellar fresh and dry as a bone, not all Coffin gorgets are made the same.

Diagnostic Hopewell Culture Anchor Pendant.

The Amulet types are usually made of Hardstone materials. This is a special one made of banded slate.

This Breast Plate Gorget is the only one I have ever seen in person. Its Hopewell

Two classic double notched Butterfly Bannerstones. Left marked Indiana, Right Wabash Co, Indiana. Cellar fresh and still dry as a bone.

Drilled Lizard effigies, absolutely cool as heck in my book. Rare as rare can be.

Extraordinary Crescent Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 500 BC. 9" across. Randolph Co, Indiana.

Keeled Gorget. Glacial Kame Culture. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. 6" across. Fully decorated and tallied with delicate drilling. Marked Indiana

Reel Bannerstone. Late Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. Extremely scarce type and considered by many among the highest form of Archaic developement. Pike Co, Ohio

Double Notched Winged Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. This is a larger example and falls into the mid archaic period making it around 7,000 years old. Perfect symetry and sharp deliniation. Thin wings with sharp edges. Not a nick on this beauty. How did it survive the centuries?

Indented Gorget. Woodland period. 1000 BC -500 AD. Early Woodland probably Adena and rarely found outside of Ohio and Indiana. Jay Co, Indiana. Scarce type.

RARE 6 sided double notched Butterfly Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. This bannerstone represents perfection at its highest degree. Miami Co. Ohio.

Reel Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. 5 1/2" in length. This is a large example of an extremely scarce type. Pike Co. Ohio.

Single Notched Winged Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. Well made with unique "flute" on one side of the drilled hole. Mercer Co, Ohio.

Geniculate Bannerstone. Late Archaic. 3200 BC. Dated from specimen found at Modoc Rock Shelter. Considered as being one of the rarest type of Atlatl weights. Beautiful example of an angular style. Williams Co. Ohio.

Lizard/Snail Effigy. The most stylistic example one could hope to own. Large example at 6 3/4". Marked Ohio.

Crescent Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. Mercer Co. Ohio.

Enigmatic Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. This piece, along with the other similiar one were found back in the 50's on the Roth Farm in Allen Co, Indiana.

Bow Tie Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. Beautiful lines and color. Well made and without blemish. Wood Co, Ohio.

Enigmatic Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. Interesting 6 sided barrel types made of fine looking slate. 3" in length. Van Wert, Ohio.

Notched Ovate Bannerstone. 5 1/2" in length. This is a particulary scarce type. "There are probably less than fifty complete and un broken Notched Ovates in Ohio Collections", Robert Converse (Ohio Slate Types). The epitome of high stone art developement of ancient man. Shelby Co, Ohio

Tube Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. 7" in length. Paulding Co. Ohio.

Shuttle Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. Marked Ohio.

Quadriconcave Gorget. Adena. 1500 BC - 100 AD. 5 1/2" wide. This is a large Gorget. While avoiding a flaw in the slate the Indian managed to keep the hole straight on one side. Never a common piece. This one takes the show. Hardin Co. Ohio.

Enigmatic Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. This piece, along with the other similiar one were found back in the 50's on the Roth Farm in Allen Co, Indiana. This one has one fluted side

Double Bit Axe Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. 6" in length. This one was found at the bottom of a box free of protection. it suffers box dings. Paulding Co, Ohio.

Truly mysterious enigmatic objects. Typically, unassociated surface finds. They have been found on Fort Ancient sites.

Class A Winged Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. 5" in length. Unique fluting on wing tips, and both holes. Marked Ohio.

Lunate Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. 5" across. Logan Co, Ohio.

Humped Pick Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. 7" in length. DeKalb Co. Indiana.

Panel Bannerstone. Archaic. 8000 - 1000 BC. This piece is without blemish, a beautiful example of a rare type. Another piece aquired from CJ Oneill. O neill had purchased a hand ful of pieces from the Platter collection sometime in the 70's.