RARE AUTHENTIC OLD COPPER CULTURE ORNAMENT FROM VILAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN
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RARE AUTHENTIC WISCONSIN OLD COPPER CULTURE ORNAMENT FROM VILAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN
THIS RARE OLD COPPER CULTURE ARTIFACT WAS PART OF THE STEVE LIVERNASH COPPER COLLECTION WHICH WAS SOLD IN 2012. IT WAS FOUND BY STEVE WHILE METAL DETECTING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN VILAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN. IT IS GENERALLY ASSUMED THAT THESE PECULIAR OBJECTS SERVED AS AN ADORNMENT, QUITE POSSIBLY WORN IN THE NOSE. A VERY SIMILAR PIECE WAS FOUND AT THE OCONTO SITE IN OCONTO CO, WIS...CONSIN AND IT IS ILLUSTRATED ON PAGE 229, FIG. 8 OF THE "WISCONSIN ARCHAEOLOGIST" DEC. 1957. THIS EXAMPLE MEASURES 1 7/8" BY 1 3/8" AND IT IS IN AS FOUND CONDITION. IT IS GUARANTEED TO BE GENUINE.
. STARTS AT 5.99
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THIS RARE OLD COPPER CULTURE ARTIFACT WAS PART OF THE STEVE LIVERNASH COPPER COLLECTION WHICH WAS SOLD IN 2012. IT WAS FOUND BY STEVE WHILE METAL DETECTING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN VILAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN. IT IS GENERALLY ASSUMED THAT THESE PECULIAR OBJECTS SERVED AS AN ADORNMENT, QUITE POSSIBLY WORN IN THE NOSE. A VERY SIMILAR PIECE WAS FOUND AT THE OCONTO SITE IN OCONTO CO, WIS...CONSIN AND IT IS ILLUSTRATED ON PAGE 229, FIG. 8 OF THE "WISCONSIN ARCHAEOLOGIST" DEC. 1957. THIS EXAMPLE MEASURES 1 7/8" BY 1 3/8" AND IT IS IN AS FOUND CONDITION. IT IS GUARANTEED TO BE GENUINE.
. STARTS AT 5.99
00248
