Description:

Native American, United States, Ohio, Pickaway County, Adena culture, ca. 800 to 100 BCE. A lovely hand-shaped slate gorget of a quadriconcave form with four concave sides; hand-drilled holes at the center appear to have been bored from one side until perforating the stone. This stone may have been selected from a riverbed for its naturally smooth properties, and then shaped and further polished to fit the needs of the maker. Stone gorgets were possibly ornaments worn around the necks as symbols of status and were buried with the deceased. Size: 4" L x 2.4" W x 0.4" H (10.2 cm x 6.1 cm x 1 cm)

Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.

Provenance: ex-old private Ohio, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s; ex-David L. Root collection, Michigan, USA; ex-Robert Converse Sale, June 28, 2008, lot 91; ex-Todd Harding collection, Galion, Ohio, USA; found by Tim Johnson, Circleville, Ohio, USA

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#179718

  • Condition: Minor abrasions to some surfaces, with small chips around peripheries, otherwise intact and excellent. Great surface smoothness throughout. Find site information label on verso.

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