Ken Johnston find, Flint Ridge, Ohio, identified as a bear head figure worked around a quartz crystal inclusion and worked to manufacture a back lighted translucent "eye"
Vanport chert bear head figure, Flint Ridge, Licking County, Ohio
Bear head figure translucence demonstrated by my desk lamp.
There appears to be a defined-by-the-artist hexagon shaped area around the eye opening with stone removal to allow light passage through the stone.
The translucent "eye of the bear" in sunlight. The natural crystal-lined cavity penetrates the stone to a depth of 2cm.
Side 2. There is deliberate work to expose the translucence on this side of the stone.
