OHC A 22/000037

About this Bannerstone

Collection

Ohio History Connection

BA#

Catalog or Accession #

A 22/000037

Date Studied

06/13/2023

Provenance/Provenience

Amanda Township, Hancock County, Ohio. From the collection of George W. Van Horn. Given to the OHC on March 8th, 1905.

Location

Other

Color

Dusky bluish green with bright flecks of off-white and light reddish-brown

Width (cm)

8.3

Height (cm)

3.3

Diameter of Perforation (cm)

1.3

Depth at Perforation/or Widest Point (cm)

3.1

Depth at Edge (cm)

0.4

Weight (g)

99.59

Notes

This Crescent bannerstone is a distinctive dark green with visually apparent iridescent flecks. It has signs of wear at the perforations and on the curved edges that appear to be archaic. Similar to NMNH A115871. On one side of the stone 22/37 is written in black.

Date

6000-1000 BCE

Rights

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

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Citation

“OHC A 22/000037,” FIT Archaic Bannerstone Project, accessed April 28, 2024, https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/252.

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