Ontological Concerns Example 3, AMNH DM/1101
Double Notched Butterfly bannerstone; Ohio, banded slate, h. 8.4, w. 9.4 cm.
AMNH DM/1101 is a Double Notched Butterfly bannerstone found in Wayne County,
Ohio. This is a delicately carved banded slate with a long white trace fossil on its left wing running against the grain of the slate banding. Whether the left wing was chipped intentionally or unintentionally is difficult to ascertain. In its broken state during the Archaic period, the right wing was drilled with a small hole and repurposed as a weight or ornament.