NMNH A42518

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A42518

6/11/19

Near Algansee, Branch County, Michigan. Donated by H. T. Woodman December 29th, 1880.

Dark greenish gray with greenish black banding on one side and light olive gray with olive gray banding on the other side.

11.5

4.9

1.1

1.6

0.2

107.1

This Single Notched Butterfly bannerstone is carved out of a stone that has different banding patterns and color on each side, a challenge for the Archaic sculptor to center his composition on these two sides. The surfaces are polished, though uneven in contour. Woodman Michigan is written on the stone.

6000-1000 BCE

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