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Lot Description

An Adena Flint Ridge Blade

Adena Culture, Early Woodland Period, 800 B.C. - A.D. 1

Steuben / LaGrange County, Indiana
length 8 inches

Has been re-chipped on tip, descending 2 inches on one side and 1-1/2 inches on the other side.

Property from The John Baldwin Trust, Chicago, Illinois

COLLECTION HISTORY

John Baldwin, West Olive, Michigan
Lynn Munger, Angola, Indiana
found by Floyd Wright of Strow, Indiana on his farm, which is bisected by Steuben and LaGrange Counties.

G.I.R.S. Certificate of Authenticity Registrar No. J4, signed on 4/20/1980 by Earl Townsend, Art Gerber, Steven Hart, and Billy Bush.

PUBLISHED

1976 Indiana Archaeological Society Yearbook (1976: 4)

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)

Prehistoric America, Vol. XL No. 1 (2006: cover, 5)

Prehistoric Art - Archaeology, Vol. XVI No. 1 (1981: 11)

Prehistoric Art - Archaeology: Prehistoric Art Classics III, Vol. XVIII (1982: 30-31)

Prehistoric Art - Archaeology, Vol. XVIII No. 4 (1983: 124)

Ohio Archaeologist, Vol. 26 No. 3 (1976: 43)

Ohio Archaeologist, Vol. Spring No. 3 (2000: back cover)

The Redskin, Vol. XI No. 3 (1976: 4)

The Redskin, Vol. XIII No. 1 (1978: 5)

The Michigan Barb, Vol. 3 No. 1 (1986: 12)

Thompson, Ben W. Who's Who in Indian Relics, Vol. 5 (1980: 35-37)

Thompson, Ben W. Who's Who in Indian Relics, Vol. 7 (1987: 39)

Condition Report

All paperwork we have are copies of the originals.

Has been re-chipped on tip, descending 2 inches on one side and 1-1/2 inches on the other side.

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