AMNH DM/700

About this Bannerstone

Collection

American Museum of Natural History

BA#

Catalog or Accession #

DM/700

Date Studied

12/13/2016

Provenance/Provenience

Alleghany, Pennsylvania. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from R. W. Mercer February 27th, 1882

Color

Greenish gray

Width (cm)

14.5

Height (cm)

8.1

Diameter of Perforation (cm)

Depth at Perforation/or Widest Point (cm)

2.4

Depth at Edge (cm)

0.5

Weight (g)

238.1

Notes

The greenish gray of the unfinished bannerstone is evident beneath the patina in the perforation as well as along the diagonal gash on the stone. The partial 0.4 cm perforation was made with a solid wood stick instead of cane.

Date

6000-1000 BCE

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

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Citation

“AMNH DM/700,” FIT Bannerstone Project, accessed December 26, 2024, https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/104.

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