Click to enlarge	This rare Turtle effigy measures 8 inches long and is 4 ¾ inches wide. It is made from Dover chert that has patinated to a nearly white coloration. It was previously in the Dr. T. Hugh Young collection and was originally pictured in the 1939 publication Under Your Feet by Blanche Busey King when it was in the Fain King collection. It is said to be from the “Works Mounds” in Tennessee. There are no references anywhere else to these mounds. Sometimes in older publications, certain sites were referred to as earthworks, so most probably the first part of the site name is lost. At the right is the original tag on the back. Maybe someone out there recognizes it and can identify the location. Collection of Gilbert Cooper, Winchester, Ohio
Click to enlarge	Above is a very rare tri-lobed bottle that appears to a gourd effigy. It stands 6 ½ inches tall and is 7 inches wide. It was originally in the Morris C. Long collection of Kansas City, Missouri. Edward W. Payne bought the entire collection through J.G.Braecklein prior to 1929 for the astounding price of $22,000. This is the equivalent of $300,000 today, and during this time artifacts had much less collector value. No other collection Payne bought came close to this amount (he purchased the well-known the Bennett H. Young collection for $3500). Many of the artifacts shown in the Payne book (Photographs of Interesting and Outstanding Specimens of Indian relics from The Edward W. Payne Stone Age Collection) have stickers similar to this one on them. Many collectors believe the stickers were auction markers for the Payne sale, but that is not the case. They were the catalog numbers from the Long collection. This bottle has an old note typewritten inside of it that reads: “Water Bottle: Taken from a mound at Clarksville, Tennessee.” Today there are no mounds left within the city of Clarksville and very little is known of Morris Long. He is mentioned very little except for some obscure book entries from 1902. However, he must have been quite a collector to have amassed such a sizable and desirable collection.
Click to enlarge	Close view of triangular points from various sites in “Tuscarora Territory” of eastern North Carolina. See The Tuscarora War: Culture Clash in North Carolina by Ron L. Harris, Hickory, North Carolina
Click to enlarge	The entire cache found by Chad Coley near the Roanoke River. See A Virginia Bear Effigy Pipe and Cache by Cliff Jackson, Warrenton, North Carolina