Native American, Midwestern United States, Hopewell, ca. 100 to 1500 CE. A collection of 12 hand pecked and polished stone gorgets and tools from the mound building cultures of midwestern Native American tribes. The 3 largest of flat discs with hand drilled suspension holes on opposite ends. The 2 crescent shapes stones are likely used as gorgets and have drilled holes through the tips. Another 2 stones are shaped as cruciform pendants with piercings. The most interesting and intricate pieces are several effigy items, including an amulet shaped like a turtle, 2 notched pendants - both perhaps representing a zoomorphic creature or insect, and an intricate openwork pendent with a delicate V-shaped profile that could be a bird motif. Included is a white chert fishhook. Size of largest disc: 3.25" Diameter (8.3 cm); fishhook: 1" L x 0.75" W (2.5 cm x 1.9 cm)
Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s
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Condition
Stable hairline fissures and losses to peripheries of nearly all pieces. One gorget is missing one tip. Mineral deposits and surface pitting. Openwork pectoral pendant is intact and very good. Mineral earthen deposits throughout.