Adena Slate Bar Amulet

Banded slate with flat base, drilled on base and ends and meeting to form holes, old inked manuscript paper label marked Barth Co. IN, nice polished finish, 4 ½” long x 7/8” wide x

4 3/4" Slate Bar Amulet. 2X COA Bennett / Motley. Dekalb County Indiana

3 13/16" Slate Bar Amulet 2X COA Bennett / Motley. Dekalb County Indiana

4 1/2" Slate Bar Amulet. Defiance Co, OH. Has cord/string groove engraved between holes. One hole anciently salvaged. Pictured in 1994 #1 Ohio Archaeologist, p33. Ex-Dale and Betty Roberts, Dave Warne

3 3/8" Exceptionally Well Made Slate Bar Amulet w/ Keele COA. Found in SE Iowa. These are very rare in our area. Ex Tom Ryan Collection

3 3/8" Drilled Slate Bar Amulet, Keele COA Found in Holmes Co. Ohio Ex: John Bennett Collection. Very rare Artifact.

2 5/8" Drilled Slate Bar Amulet, Keele COA Found in Hardin Co. Ohio Ex: John Bennett Collection. Very rare Artifact.

5 7/8" L Slate Bar Amulet, Allen Cnty, IN

3 3/16” Banded Slate Bar Amulet – Ohio

4 3/16" Slate Bar Amulet, Reproduction

3 3/4" Modern Banded Slate Bar Amulet. This piece has a history which is irrelevant given its manufacture. Modern makers and the men who direct their work in attempt to fool buyers have become much mo

4 ½” Banded Slate Bar Gorget – Amulet, has grooved bottom, Erie Co. Ohio

6 5/8" Bar Amulet. Michigan. Highly polished black Slate. Very well made. A few chips on ends, but in very good condition. Ex-Gary Cuckler, Tom Davis, Bob Edler. Davis G9 COA

3 1/2" Humped Bar Amulet. Lenawee Co, MI. Finely made of Banded Slate with cord groove engraved between holes. Fine condition. Ex-Dale Roberts, Paul Sellers (51 years). Found by Frank Ives in 1929. Pi

4 5/16" Two-tone Bar Amulet. Fulton Co, OH. Striking brown and tan Slate. Well made with flared ends. Very good condition. Ex-Jerry Wall

3 1/4" Bar Amulet, OH. Round sleek design made of polished, banded Slate. Holes intact, nick near top back hole. Ex-Bob Yakimicki, Dr. Roland Bunch, Will Cunningham

5 1/2" Bar Amulet. Columbus, IN. Ex-Hubert Wachtel. Anciently salvaged on one end. Nicely made black slate example. Well pictured in Who's Who #2 (1968, p282). Mistakenly listed as Ohio, it is from Co

3 1/2" Bar Amulet. Seneca Co, IN. Highly banded Slate. Fine form and polish. Very fine Bar with slight nick on corner. Holes intact. Ex-Quinn Fickey, Frank Morast (905-3)

2 3/8" Bar Amulet. Morrow Co, OH. 25 Tally Marks on bottom. Banded Slate. Flat bottom drilled on each end. Ex-Dale Roberts, R. Long, BW Stephens (Am-8, tag missing), WO Warder, LC Snyder

3 1/2" Bar Amulet. Huron Co, OH. Polished black Slate. Fine condition with one end drilled. Ex-Randy Ridenour, Norm Kley

3 1/8" Bar Amulet made from anciently salvaged Birdstone. IN. Slate. Ex-Rocky Hall

5 1/8" Dilley Bar Amulet. From a cache of 3 found around 1910 in Adams Co, OH. Gneiss with red tint from red ochre staining. Finely polished, excellent symmetry. Highly developed with flared ends dril

3 3/4" Bar Amulet. Fayette Co, OH. Highly developed with raised, ridged ends. Fully drilled, holes intact. Greenish Hardstone. Ex-Carter Mills, Van Gulf. Partain and Jackson COAs

Nice example from Butler Co., Ohio formerly of the Robert Ankrom Collection. Jackson G-9+ COA.