NATIVE AMERICAN STONE PENDANT, slate, tapered rectangular form. Presented in a butterfly case. Found in Preble Co., OH. Woodland period, 2000-500 B.P. 3 1/8" x 1 5/8" W.
Excellent as-found condition, old chip on the corner.
Published: This example can be see in Who's Who in Indian Relics, No. 1, p. 29, in a photo of Mr. Dilley's basement showing the piece in a frame hanging on the wall.
Provenance: Private collection of Wallace Gusler, Williamsburg, VA._x000D_
Old Barn, 6/15/2013, Lot 73._x000D_
Ex-collection of Gilbert Dilley.
Catalogue Note: This piece was part of the Gilbert W. Dilley collection. Mr. Dilley was one of the preeminent early collectors of American Indian art. He began collecting as a young man, and went on to become a founding member of the Ohio Archaeological Society. An attorney by profession, Mr. Dilley was an amateur archaeologist, and became close personal friends with important scholars, archaeologists, and collectors. He was president of the Ohio Historical Society. He and his wife, Marguerite Hudson Dilley, endowed a scholarship at the University of Akron for students studying Ohio archaeology and/or history. Mr. Dilley was instrumental in establishing the Flint Ridge, Ohio, property a protective park. Flint Ridge flint was the major source for Native American craftspeople in present-day Ohio and beyond, from the Paleo period to historic contact.

Excellent as-found condition, old chip on the corner.