Birdstone Book Birdstone

2 3/8" Slate Birdstone. McHenry Co, IL (Richmond). Ex-Earl Townsend (#1757), E.K. Petrie, A. B. Cassell. Pictured in the Birdstone Book (p369-E). Banding forms an eye. Excellent Condition. Featured on

3 3/16" Birdstone. Hocking Co, OH. Rare type, chunky body. Incised eyes and mouth. Excellent condition. Ex-Chris Forrest, Earl Townsend, Augustine Wherle (283-W). Pictured in the Birdstone Book, p657.

3 1/8" Slate Birdstone. St. Joseph Co, IN. Brown Slate. Ex-Earl Townsend (#1732), R.K. Meyer, Ed Payne. Purple slate with cut mouth, drilled eyes and tallied tail. Fine condition with holes intact. Pi

4 1/2" Birdstone. Gennesse Co, MI. Pictured in the Birdstone Book, p499-E. Townsend identified as "purple slate" Excellent condition, holes intact. Well tallied along back. Ex-Dr. T. Hugh Young. Pictu

Book Birdstone of North America #373 by Earl Townsend, original copy

5" Pop Eyed Birdstone. Ingham Co, MI. Banded Slate. Front hole break out., 2 small spots of repair. Very well pictured in Birdstone Book (p479, A) and on the cover of January 1949 Illinois Archaeologi

SALE HIGHLIGHT ! Popeyed Birdstone found in Huntington Co., Indiana pictured in Birdstone book, 4 13/16” long x 1 ¼” wide, ex-Don R.S. Galbreath Collection, pictured on page 393 Plate H

5 5/8" Turkeytail. Bay Co, MI. Found in 1910 by Walter Schmidt at the Great Shore Trail site (1-1). Glued. Found with Birdstones (see Birdstone Book, p458B) Wafer thin.

1899 THE BIRDSTONE CEREMONIAL by Warren King Moorehead. This is the 1970's Reprint of the original book. Excellent condition for its age. Some darkening to the spine, otherwise very clean. Contains 53

2 Books- The Aboriginal Pipes of Wisconsin, The Bird Stone Ceremonials of Wisconsin

3 1/4" Long Neck Slate Birdstone. Wood Co, OH. Found 1903. Townsend's last Birdstone. Acquired 1987 from Menard Wilson. Ex-Ladow Johnston. T-5286 (actually T-5268 in book). Holes intact, fine conditio

Porphyry Birdstone made by Billy Guthrie Mid to late 1900's. Billy made a good number of these throughout his life. We see them scattered in collections, books and on display here and there at shows.

Book: Hardbound Edition of Prehistoric American's 2009 #4 Birdstone Issue. Hard to find. Very Good to Fine condition

4 3/4" Birdstone. An elaborate Popeyed Birdstone made of banded slate. The vivid banding and unusual shape made it visible in an 1949 photo of Judge Stone (WW#4, p397). Despite many features that atte

Native American Pop-Eyed Birdstone, greenstone carved pop-eyed birdstone with hand drilled holes at each end, 3.5" x 1.75" high

The "Smithsonian" Birdstone. An iconic 4" Porphyry Popeyed Birdstone. Its elaborate coloring and exquisite shape make it the most recognizable of all Porphyry Popeyes. Found in Vernon County, WI in 18

A Birdstone Figure U.S.A. ( Richland-Ohio) Length: 8cm. (3 1/8in.) Circa 2000 B.C. Provenance: Gilbert Dilley Collection Akron, Ohio, USA Sale: Christie's, Paris,11 November 2007, 132 Literature: Town

Please see picture for measurement. It is from Ross County Ohio. ex- Matt Moeller, Kraig Phillips Collection. It comes with a Tony Putty Certificate of Authenticity. These artifacts are from multiple

Please see picture for measurement. It is from Michigan. It comes with a Artifact Authenticators of the World & a Tony Putty Certificate of Authentication. Ex- John Mitchell Collection. These artifact

5 7/16" Birdstone. Found near the turn of the century in Attica, IN (Fountain Co.). Very fine and large Fantail type. Vividly banded brown Slate. Excellent (G10) condition with holes intact. Ex-Stanle

In black slate, elongated fantail type with four drill holes, paired and meeting along base, 5” long x ¾” wide x q1 ¾” high. Condition Fine.

3 3/4" Slate Birdstone. Oregon, IL. Interesting style with elevated legs. Ex-Earl Townsend (T-4943). Well pictured in Moorehead's 1917 Stone Ornaments (p406). Once in the B.A. Cothow, John Douglas and

4" Birdstone. OH/IN. Banded Slate with excellent patina. Ex-Ken Partain. Jackson G9 and Dickey COAs

5 13/16" Hardstone Birdstone. Branch Co, MI. Large, well polished and finely made. Drilling just started. Has large arching neck. Green and black Granite with a very few small pits. Beak has been glue