Ontological Concerns Example 1, AMNH DM/1290
Single Notched Butterfly bannerstone, Ohio, banded slate, h. 9.6, w. 15 cm.
In most every account, bannerstones found in situ were discovered in a vast and
meaningful array of states of being, from preforms to fragments. And, in most cases, when broken, they were intentionally broken before being cached or buried with the dead. With this Crescent type (AMNH DM/1290), the bannerstone was broken along the spine where the stone was drilled and therefore most fragile. In many cases, only one side or the other has been found and preserved. Both sides of this Crescent were found in Wyandot County, Ohio and purchased for the Museum by A.E. Douglass from W.E. Woodword on August 28th, 1883.