NMNH A26977

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About this Bannerstone

BA#

65

Catalog or Accession #

A26977

Date Studied

7/24/19

Bannerstone Type

Material

Perforation

Condition

Provenance/Provenience

Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. Donated by G. A. Madison on October 13th, 1876.

Location

Color

Greenish brown with areas of light olive gray

Width (cm)

12.1

Height (cm)

8.7

Diameter of Perforation (cm)

1.4

Depth at Perforation/or Widest Point (cm)

1.9

Depth at Edge (cm)

0.3

Weight (g)

172.5

Notes

This Wisconsin Wing bannertone is carefully carved out of porphyry granite, a stone commonly chosen for this shape. A cast A26977-1 is also in the NMNH collection, evidence of the fine 19th century plaster cast work and painting done to represent the original stone. Included in Knoblock PL. 204/7. Iowa is written on the square surface of the perforation.

Date

6000-1000 BCE

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Images may be downloaded and used freely for teaching and personal use. Include the credit line “© Anna Blume, 2019, Courtesy of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution” along with the object’s Catalog Number. Publishing of images is permitted with additional permission from the NMNH. For additional publishing questions, contact [email protected]

Citation

“NMNH A26977,” FIT Archaic Bannerstone Project, accessed March 28, 2024, https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/222.

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