A Collection of North American Indigenous...

Artifacts, Regional Ohio Ephemera, and Vintage Educational Materials. A collection of lithic tools, ethnographic objects, regional ephemera, and personal records primarily centered on the Ohio River Valley region. The lithic assortment includes various chert and flint projectile points and scrapers, some organized with identifying labels for Adena, Hopewell, and Paleo-to-Woodland periods. Ethnographic and decorative items include a hand-painted wooden tomahawk with fur trim and metal discs; a turtle shell rattle with wooden handle and feathers; a rattle with a stone gourd head and beaded handle; a fringed buckskin pouch with glass seed beads; and a dark carved stone pipe in the form of an otter or aquatic mammal. Educational and display items feature a framed board demonstrating Navajo bot...