Red Banded Slate Nesting Bird Birdstone

Red & green with double drilled on base with each hole drilled from both sides, old inked inscription on base BS.21, 4 1/4" long x 3/4" wide x 1 1/2" high. Faben Collection, Defiance, Ohio, collected

3 3/4" Birdstone. Red Banded Slate. Old faded collector tag on onside. Ex-Burton/Teubner Estate.

Banded-slate birdstone, America. Bird stones are prehistoric, abstract stone carvings made by Native Americans. Some theories suggest they were part of an atlatl a short rod to hurl spears), in additi

4 7/8” Glacial Kame Birdstone, Real Guffy, Ex. Wherle Coll. – Wyandot Co. Ohio – 35GW Red Banded Slate

Red and green banded slate with two drill holes along bottom margin, front drilled from each side, rear the same only did not drill completely through. Early paper tag with inked inscription reading P

Red Banded Slate example. Modern.

3 1/2” Banded Slate Birdstone. Wood Co, WV. (rare West Virginia Bird!) Anciently salvaged head. Very well made. Holes intact. Pictured in Who's Who #11 (p319) and in Kevin Pipes' Oct. 2012 aucti

Anthropomorphic "pop-eye" bird form. with early label stating "Banded Slate Birdstone Kentucky". H2 1/4" L4 1/4" Private Collection of a Carolina Gentleman.

5" Banded Slate Birdstone, Found 1903 in Wood Co Ohio. Collected by Ladow Johnston, Toledo Attorney in 1933. Sold at an auction of Johnston’s collection in about 1968 to Menard Wilson of Derby Ohio.

5” Banded Slate Birdstone – pictured page 397, Who’s Who #4 listed as Ohio, Van Wert Co., Nice The Judge Claude Stone Collection, Some of these items are pictured on page 397 Who’s Who #4 in a

5” Banded Slate Birdstone, Pictured page 397, Who’s Who #4 – no provenance, Nice! The Judge Claude Stone Collection, Some of these items are pictured on page 397 Who’s Who #4 in a 1949 Picture

4 5/8" Banded Slate Birdstone. Knox Co, OH. Back half restored. Ex-Earl Townsend, Augustine Wherle (402-W). Pictured in Townsend's January 2015 sale catalog (#294). Can also be seen with Earl's flock

4 1/4" Modern Banded Slate Birdstone w/ COA. Attractive modern art piece with a nice finish. Comes with a Jackson paper saying it is authentic. The finish doesn't look like one of the late Billy Howle

4 ½” Red Banded Slate 2 Hole Pendant with tallies at top, unusual treatment to bottom, Henry Co. Indiana

3 ¼” Nicely Banded Slate Birdstone, Yellow “Worm” Blotch on one side, Lake Co. Ohio

4 ½” Banded Slate Birdstone, Allen Co. Ind. Perino C.O.A.

6 7/8 L x 1 1/2" H Banded Slate Birdstone, IN w/ coa

5 3/4" L x 1 3/8" H Banded Slate Birdstone, IN w/ coa

4 5/8” Banded Slate Birdstone, Wy. Co. – Ex. V. Rish, R. Mcabee Coll.

6 ¾” Banded Slate Birdstone – head and tail restored, Franklin Co. Ohio

3 7/8” Red Banded Slate Crescent Bannerstone – tag reads Michigan, ……? The Judge Claude Stone Collection, Some of these items are pictured on page 397 Who’s Who #4 in a 1949 Picture

BANDED SLATE BIRDSTONE: 6.125" in length, marked Allen County, Indiana, #1354 on underside, two conical drilled holes from the neck into the base and tale into the base.

4” Green Banded Slate Birdstone, Ex. Beanni Johnson Coll. Fulton Co. Ohio (nice)

4 1/8” Banded Slate Birdstone, chip in tail, Ex. Robin Mcabee Coll. (age uncertain)