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MACK TUSSINGER
The
eccentrics in this picture can been attributed to Mack Tussinger's
collection. The picture in the center shows Mr. Tussinger in about
the 1940's or 50's. Approximately half of these eccentrics have been
published in 1948 by Claude Stone and by Willard Elsing in a photographic prints
pamphlet, sometime in the 1950's. They represent a good cross section
of the now famous "Oklahoma eccentrics." Most of the design features
are unique to the Tussinger eccentrics and do not appear anywhere in
the archaeological record. For instance, notice the eccentrics that
have one, two or three small projectile points chipped onto the
bases. Or the ultra fancy forms that have been referred to as
"lacework." One eccentric in this frame was once owned by professor
Robert Bell (small orange example at lower
left corner next to the white eccentric).
Seven eccentrics in this frame was once in the Willard Elsing
collection and the rest were once in the Claude Stone
collection.
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