Lunate Bannerstone. Townsend. Pictured

4" Crescent Bannerstone. Hickman Co, KY. Colorful tan and black Porphyritic Granite. Excellent polish, fine condition. Good history. Ex-Terry McGuire, Gary Cuckler, Tony Putty, John Waggoner, Dr. T. H

3 9/16" Double Notched Wing Bannerstone. Ballard Co, KY. Vividly banded slate. Very fine condition. Ex-Gary Noel, Red Tully, E.E. Curtiss, Sr.. Pictured in The Archaic Bannerstone (Lutz, p212). Featur

5" Wisconsin Winged Bannerstone. Calhoun Co, IL. Very fine Porphyry example with correct hole construction , symmetrical wings. Ex-Dan Schleich, Steve Olenick, Gary Garver. Pictured in Al Freudenberg'

2 1/2" Hinge Bannerstone. Scioto Co, OH (Plymouth). Grey Steatite. Nicely polished. Very good condition. Nicely pictured in Knoblock's 1937 Bannerstones of the North American Indian (p307) and in 1994

5 5/16" Ovate Bannerstone. Pope Co, IL. Banded Slate. Fine condition. Pictured in WW#2 (1968, p52) and North American Indian Artifacts (Hothem, p105). One of Phil Dickey's best Bannerstones

2 7/8" Winged Bannerstone. Wabash Co, IN. Red Jasper. Nicely made, very good condition. A colorful, hard to find Bannerstone type. Pictured in Lutz' The Archaic Bannerstone (p255, #11). Great collecto

4 5/16" Slate Winged Bannerstone. Perry Co, IN. Fine condition, exquisite banding. Ex-David Hart, Jim Gonyer, Bill Cain, Dr. Stan Copeland Collections. Pictured in Indian Artifacts of the Midwest III

7 1/2" Lunate Bannerstone. MI. Rare and well made example. Over cleaned by an early collector. Ex-Dr. Jeff Pyle, Dr. Mitchell Collections. Putty COA

Rare 1 3/4" Jasper Effigy Bannerstone, Pictured in WW #11, in the Westbrook Collection, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana Authentic Native American Artifact

2 7/16" Eccentric Bannerstone. Unique example made of Green Quartz. Drilled with groove around barrel. Humped with flat back. Ex-Judge Claude Stone, Judge Ed Payne. Pictured in the Payne Book (1937, p

2 5/16" Tube Bannerstone. Licking Co, OH. Nicely banded and polished Slate. Good condition with just a couple of small dings near hole. Ex-Dale and Betty Roberts, Norm Kley. Pictured in May 1990 Kley

5" Dickson. Bates Co, MO. Pitkin Chert. Ex-Earl Townsend. Pictured in 2013 Townsend Sale Catalog (#91). Putty G10 & Jackson COAs

Nice red banded slate example from Vinton Co., Ohio.

**Originally Listed At $400** North American, Southeastern United States, Tennessee, Late Archaic to Woodlands Period, ca. 5000 to 500 BCE. A knobbed lunate bannerstone perforated through the center,

4 1/2" X 1 3/4" W KNOBBED LUNATE BANNERSTONE, MARION CO., OH

3 7/8" Dovetail. MO. Ex-Earl Townsend. Pictured in St. Louis Prehistoric Art (1954, p55). Slight rechipping near tip

Nice Green Banded Slate example from Darke Co., Ohio formerly of the Ed Moore Collection. Features a Putty G-8 COA however some minimal 'fill' restoration has been detected on this piece by our review

Lovely banded slate with knob terminals, central drilled hole, 5" long. Faben Collection Defiance Ohio, collected between 1915 and 1940. Condition broke at drill hole and glued.

Banded slate with knob finials, likely preform, as not drilled, but highly polished, inked inscription LB-3, 4 3/8" wide x 1" thick x 3" high. Faben Collection Defiance Ohio, collected between 1915 an

4 1/8" Hornstone Snyders. Shelby Co, OH. Broad and well made. Very fine condition. Ex-Richard Baumann, Earl Townsend. Pictured in Townsend's 2011 Sale Catalog (Ripley, lot 192 and in frame on p93) and

Very Rare Center Grooved Archaic Plummet, Adams Co IL, Ex Townsend, Pictured Prehistoric Art 1953 & Legends Vol II pg 124

3 3/4" 3/4 Groove Axe. Huntington Co, IN. Porphyry. G10. Ex-Rod Morgan, Beanie Johnson, Earl Townsend. Pictured in WW#11 (p355) and CHAPA III (p120)

3 13/16" Adena Anchor Pendant. Marion Co, OH. Heavily banded Slate. Excellent condition with light surface cracking. Ex-Gilbert Cooper, Dave Root, Earl Townsend. Pictured in Root Collection in Legends

4 1/4" Snyders. Dickson Mounds Area, IL. Glossy and colorful heat treated Burlington. Very thin and well made. Ex-Michael Kunkel, Don Kinkade, Earl Townsend. Pictured in Townsend's January 2015 Sale C