OHC A 1956/000024

About this Bannerstone

Collection

Ohio History Connection

BA#

112

Catalog or Accession #

A 1956/000024

Date Studied

06/14/2023

Provenance/Provenience

Wayne County, Ohio. Donated as part of a large collection to the OHC by Dr. Gordon Meuser between June 13, 1942 and March 22, 1961.

Location

Other

Color

Greenish black with black banding

Width (cm)

3.1

Height (cm)

6.0

Diameter of Perforation (cm)

1.4

Depth at Perforation/or Widest Point (cm)

2.0

Depth at Edge (cm)

0.5

Weight (g)

74.4

Notes

The three edges of this Triangular bannerstone have been incised with marks. On two of the sides there are 15 marks, and on the third side there are 9. The lower portion of this side has chipped. This kind of marking or tallies is similar to AMNH DM/360 and AMNH DM/970. 190/5 is written in black on one side; 1956/24 is written black on another side; there is a white sticker with Garth's 74 on the third side with Wayne Co. written in black below.

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 1956/000024,” FIT Bannerstone Project, accessed December 31, 2024, https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/269.

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