NMNH A97834

About this Bannerstone

Collection

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

BA#

Catalog or Accession #

A97834

Date Studied

6/11/19

Provenance/Provenience

Marion, Grant County, Indiana. Donated by Dr. James C. Neal April 28th, 1885

Location

n/a

Color

Olive gray with greenish black banding

Width (cm)

Height (cm)

8.7

Diameter of Perforation (cm)

1.1

Depth at Perforation/or Widest Point (cm)

2.6

Depth at Edge (cm)

0.3

Weight (g)

234.9

Notes

Heavily scratched over the surface with large off-white inclusion on one side. Ind. Dr. J. C. Neal is written on the stone.

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 A97834,” FIT Archaic Bannerstone Project, accessed April 19, 2024, https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/236.

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