A Large Adena Flint Ridge Blade
Sale 987 - Native American Art, Session I
Apr 15, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$10,000 -
20,000
Price Realized
$6,250
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Lot Description
A Large Adena Flint Ridge Blade
Adena Culture, Early Woodland Period, 800 B.C. - A.D. 1
Ohio
A large thin blade, expertly knapped from colorful blue, cream, and gold flint ridge flint.
length 8-1/4 inches
Has been broken and glued.
A large thin blade, expertly knapped from colorful blue, cream, and gold flint ridge flint.
length 8-1/4 inches
Has been broken and glued.
Property from The John Baldwin Trust, Chicago, Illinois
COLLECTION HISTORY
John Baldwin, West Olive, Michigan
Ken Spaulding, Ionia, Michigan
Charles Miles, California
Warren Moorehead, Xenia, Ohio
G.I.R.S. Certificate of Authenticity Registrar No. L3, dated 4/12/1981, signed by Earl Townsend, Max Shipley, Gordon Hart, Kenneth McNeal
PUBLISHED
1981-1982 Indiana Archaeological Society Yearbook (1983: 17)
Baldwin, John. Early Knives & Beaded Sheaths of the American Frontier (1997: 2)
Hothem, Lar. Indian Artifacts of the Midwest: Identification and Value Guide (1991: 153, 205)
Miles, Charles. Indian and Eskimo Artifacts of North America (1965: 175, fig. 7.78)
Ohio Archeologist, Vol. Spring, No. 3 (2000: back cover)
Prehistoric Art - Archeology, Vol. XV, No. 4 (1980: 55)
Prehistoric Art - Archeology, Vol. XVIII, No. 2 (1983: back cover)
Prehistoric America, Vol. XL, No. 1 (2006: cover, 15)
Thompson, Ben W. Who's Who in Indian Relics, Vol. 6 (1984, 24)
Thompson, Ben W. Who's Who in Indian Relics, Vol. 7 (1987, 39)
Condition Report
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