Shell jewelry piece found by my dad

[nolanbuckman]

Here something cool my dad found when he was 10 years old. It’s believed to be a rare missipian shell jewelry piece the natives would’ve worn around their neck. It’s a rare find for sure. I still have it after several years since he gave it to me.

 

[pickaway]

Thanks for the look...

 

[Older The Better]

Don’t have shells like that here in Kansas, interesting post

 

[sprailroad]

Interesting...

 

[dognose]

very interesting relic, any idea about what year that was found, and where it was found?

 

[nolanbuckman]

very interesting relic, any idea about what year that was found, and where it was found?

Yes it was found in Kentucky in the Ohio river bottoms I believe it was found in 1981 my dad was ten when he found it.

 

[newnan man]

It looks like it was a left handed welk shell from Florida or the gulf coast. Send a pic of the other side showing the opening. It was most likely traded up from down south. It is not a fresh water mollusk.

 

[villagenut]

Good catch Newnan....gotta see the other side

 

[nolanbuckman]

It looks like it was a left handed welk shell from Florida or the gulf coast. Send a pic of the other side showing the opening. It was most likely traded up from down south. It is not a fresh water mollusk

Hi Newman man I gave it back to my dad and he has it I don’t have it anymore. Thanks for the information and outlook I will definitely tell him what you said!

 

[CreekSide]

Just my opinion and I’m not a shell expert but have seen some finished shell plummets. I think it’s a preform plummet you can see the groove on the stem end I believe they were going to remove the other end but never finished it. It’s a cool find cause I’ve never seen a preform of one

 

[Digginitdaily]

I don't think it's heavy enough for use as a plummet. The groove was made to cut the closed end off exposing the long center piece. It was then cut into sections and used as a tubular bead or smaller beads.