OHC A 251/000164

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A 251/000164

06/13/2023

Lorain County, Ohio. From the collection of Harry J. Thompson, donated to the OHC by Charles F. Kettering on September 15, 1920.

Dusky brown with off-white inclusion.

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9

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1.7

0.2

143.9

This Shield bannerstone is made from fine-grained brown shale with one off-white inclusion along the ridge. The flanges are refined to a thin edge and the area around the perforations is flattened. There are slight chips along the edges and perforation, including one large chip at the wider side edge of the stone that appears to be archaic. On one side of the stone 251/164 is written in black and written again in pencil. 164 is lightly scratched into the surface. There is a plaster-like substance in the perforation, possibly for installation purposes.

6000-1000 BCE

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