Click to enlarge	Geniculate or "L" type bannerstone of gray and black banded slate. Measures 2 9/16 inches by 2 inches and is perforated with a typical oval hole. Formerly in the Earl Townsend Jr., collection tag # 274. Collection of Bob Yakimicki, Knox, Indiana
Click to enlarge	This exceptionally rare wooded Human effigy head (1350 AD to 1450 AD) was carved from Red Cedar and covered with copper sheeting. Three similar effigies are in the Gilcrease Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma. The effigy measures 1 3/4 inches wide and 2 1/2 inches high. It came from the Spiro Mound or the Great Mound (renamed the Craig Mound) at LeFlore County, Oklahoma. Craig is the largest of the four mounds group measuring 33 feet high and 112 feet in diameter. This Human Effigy head was purchased by Dr. C.P. Cherry, Fort Wayne, Indiana from those who were digging the Great Mound in the 1930's. Later, Allen Brown, author of "Indian Relics and Their values" 1942 purchased it from Dr. Cherry. Collection of Bill Kothe, Spencer, Indiana
Click to enlarge	Saddleback type Bannerstone (Late Archaic period 3000BC to 500 BC. 3 1/4 inches long, 2 1/4 inches wide, hole 7/16 inches diameter. Made of light tan polished limestone. Found winter of 1956/57 at James Bar/Crib mound, Spencer County, Indiana. Ex. Chalmer Lynch, Clemmons Caldwell collections. Collection of Richard Burnett, Shelbyville, Kentucky
Click to enlarge	This St.Charles/Dovetail is made of Payson chert, a rare material found in Pike County, Illinois and was formerly in the McNutt collection. Mr. McNutt is credited with the discovery of this small source of material. Bruce Filbrandt states he is aware of only two Payson chert dovetails in private collections. Collection of David Mosher, Monroe, Wisconsin
Click to enlarge	Unusual combination of bowls as they were discovered at the Greenbrier Bottoms in Arkansas. The top slightly flared rim bowl is typical grayware with minor punctating surrounding the rim. The bottom bowl features an extended lip on one side and is painted Old Town Red on the exterior of the vessel. Found by and in the collection of Malcom Ford.
Click to enlarge	Type II Adena Expanded Center gorget of blue/gray banded slate. This type has a flattened contour as opposed to the raised center on Type I. Found in Hardin County, Ohio it was pictured in Vietzen's, "Ancient Ohioans", later owned by Ron Helman, John F. Berner and James Stephan