Ontological Concerns Example 5, AMNH 20.1/9172
Double Edged bannerstone; Indiana, fine grained metamorphic, h. 4.2, w. 8.7 cm.
Once bannerstones began to be collected, certain labeling customs used to identify other lithic artifacts were also used on bannerstones. Collectors sometimes glued a piece of paper directly onto the stone with their names, location of find, and date, as can be seen on this Doubled Edged bannerstone fragment AMNH 20.1/9172. Centered on the fine-grained stone of this fragment G.G. Nuttle. 1879 Milan Id. Allen Co. in cursive writing appears on paper glued to the stone surface. Once the stone was given to the American Museum of Natural History in the 1920s, a catalog number was written in black ink directly onto the stone to the left of the paper label.