OHC A 56/000008

About this Bannerstone

Collection

Ohio History Connection

BA#

Catalog or Accession #

A 56/0000008

Date Studied

06/17/2023

Provenance/Provenience

Greene County, Ohio. Brought into the OHC by Warren K. Moorehead between 1887–1895.

Location

Other

Color

Light greenish gray with olive gray banding

Width (cm)

12.4

Height (cm)

6.9

Diameter of Perforation (cm)

0.7

Depth at Perforation/or Widest Point (cm)

: 2.3

Depth at Edge (cm)

0.3

Weight (g)

182.3

Notes

This Lunate Bannerstone appears to have been broken at the center perforation in the archaic period and restored in the historic period using plaster and paint carefully applied to match the original shape and slate banding of the archaic lithic. Half the bannerstone is an archaic sculpted bannerstone, and half is plaster. The paint at one edge has worn off the plaster over time. 56/8 is written in black on the concave side next to the perforation.

Date

6000-1000 BCE

Rights

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

These images may be downloaded and used freely for teaching and personal use. Include the credit line "© Anna Blume, 2023, Courtesy of the Ohio History Connection" along with the object's Catalog Number. Publishing of images is permitted with additional permission from the OHC. For additional publishing questions, contact [email protected].

Citation

“OHC A 56/000008,” FIT Bannerstone Project, accessed December 26, 2024, https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/253.

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