The fabulous Payne collection
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1961
Place of publication: [S.l
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Payne, Edward W., -- 1857-1932; Indians of North America -- Antiquities -- Private collections -- Pictorial works; Indians -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- America -- Pictorial works; Indians -- Implements -- Pictorial works; Implements, utensils, etc. -- America -- Pictorial works.; Stone age -- Pictorial works; United States -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works
Notes: All illustrations

Collection includes axes, celts, hammers, chisels, copper and jade pieces, bannerstones, pendants, gorgets, birdstones, boatstones, amulets, beads, discoidals, pipes, effigy flint, drills, points, knives, spears, game balls, gouges, hoes, figurines, pestles, mortars, picks, plummets, bowls, pottery, bottles, spades, ceremonials, spuds, and tubes

There are several pages displaying Central American, Peruvian, Danish, and Swedish artifacts

"At the time of his death [Payne] had the largest collection ever assembled in this country [United States] if not in the entire world"--[Intro.]