Glacial Kame Culture, Late Archaic Period, 3000-500 B.C. Putnam County, Ohio 5-1/8 inches Made from dark green, banded slate; with a concentric circle eye that terminates near the top of the head on the right side. This is one of the five birdstones in the Sorgenfrei collection that was originally collected by the pioneer birdstone collector, Harry B. Mapel of Columbus Grove, Ohio. By 1914, Mapel had 16 birdstones pictured in The Archaeological Bulletin. The Sorgenfrei label on the bottom indicates this birdstone was found in 1927, but it is clearly illustrated in the 1914 publication on page 2. It was found near the Ottawa and Blanchard Rivers near Kalida, Ohio. Publications: The Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1914, pg. 2 Birdstones of the North American Indian, Townsend, Earl C., 1959, pg. 637-I Prehistoric American, Vol. 43, No. 4, 2009, (Birdstone Special Issue), pg. 38 and 81 (7 o’clock) Artifacts, Vol. 2, No. 1, Jan. 1972, pg. 9 Collection History: Harry B. Mapel, Columbus Grove, Ohio Gilbert Walls, Gomer, Ohio Jan Sorgenfrei, Findlay, Ohio Ron Helman, Sydney, Ohio Provenance: From the Collection of Jan Sorgenfrei, Findlay, Ohio Condition: There is an implement scrape on the right side and a small nick on top corner of the right side of the tail. Overall, this is a very nice birdstone with fine form in excellent condition.
Glacial Kame Culture, Late Archaic Period, 3000-500 B.C. Putnam County, Ohio 5-1/8 inches Made from dark green, banded slate; with a concentric circle eye that terminates near the top of the head on the right side. This is one of the five birdstones in the Sorgenfrei collection that was originally collected by the pioneer birdstone collector, Harry B. Mapel of Columbus Grove, Ohio. By 1914, Mapel had 16 birdstones pictured in The Archaeological Bulletin. The Sorgenfrei label on the bottom indicates this birdstone was found in 1927, but it is clearly illustrated in the 1914 publication on page 2. It was found near the Ottawa and Blanchard Rivers near Kalida, Ohio. Publications: The Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1914, pg. 2 Birdstones of the North American Indian, Townsend, Earl C., 1959, pg. 637-I Prehistoric American, Vol. 43, No. 4, 2009, (Birdstone Special Issue), pg. 38 and 81 (7 o’clock) Artifacts, Vol. 2, No. 1, Jan. 1972, pg. 9 Collection History: Harry B. Mapel, Columbus Grove, Ohio Gilbert Walls, Gomer, Ohio Jan Sorgenfrei, Findlay, Ohio Ron Helman, Sydney, Ohio Provenance: From the Collection of Jan Sorgenfrei, Findlay, Ohio Condition: There is an implement scrape on the right side and a small nick on top corner of the right side of the tail. Overall, this is a very nice birdstone with fine form in excellent condition.
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