Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Metropolitan Museum of Art Description An account of the resource The Metropolitan Museum of Art has five exquisite bannerstones housed within the Ancient American Art Collection in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing of the museum. Each stone is unique in shape and pristine in conservation, representing the aesthetic interests of Archaic-era stone sculptors. One of the bannerstones was acquired in 1954 by Nelson Rockefeller from the Julius Carlebach Gallery, which specialized in Surrealist and ethnographic works of art. Ten years later, in 1964, Rockefeller acquired another bannerstone from the collector George Terasaki who specialized in Indigenous arts of North America. The three additional bannerstones in The Met’s collection were a gift from Ralph T. Coe, who gave over 200 Indigenous American works of art to the museum. Two of the five bannerstones are hypertrophic (relatively large) in size and nearly twice the weight of most bannerstones, suggesting that they may have been used in performances or ceremonies. These five bannerstones, made between 6000 and 1000 BCE, are the oldest finely- carved lithics made in the Americas in The Met’s collection. 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, 2021, Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art” along with the object’s Catalog Number. Publishing of images is permitted with additional permission from the MMA. For additional publishing questions, contact <a href="mailto:bannerstone@fitnyc.edu">bannerstone@fitnyc.edu</a> Relation A related resource https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l3ZOIPJiM5F7EoNKazG5wSG8rIUIx3NMi3AKZnZDcv0/edit?usp=sharing Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MMA Bannerstone Bannerstones are carefully sculpted stones created across the eastern United States between 6000 BCE and 1000 BCE. More specifically, bannerstones were made from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Coast and from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. American Indians carved and drilled these stones to be placed on a staff (thus the name given to them – bannerstone – in early 20th c. archeological literature, where they were assumed to be banners or emblems.) BA# For bannerstones submitted to and included on the ABP site, unique BA#’s will be designated. 117 Catalog or Accession # 1979.206.403 s3_path Path on S3 storage for iiif reference https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/195071e3-71d9-4bfe-a3ec-6877ffa48b3c-1979.206.403.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/19c3fb59-0aab-4013-a90e-e237409ec570-1979.206.403a.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/9e0df53d-1554-4e06-9bea-9181f7586853-1979.206.403b.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/908763ed-a6bd-48ef-a7ad-a48dd0dba9a3-1979.206.403d.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/30d993a3-097f-4a5f-a6ce-e22a49cb2737-1979.206.403d1.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/d0d5fedf-741d-4145-916b-c5d81f91581e-1979.206.403d2.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/cfc2ba14-e4b4-4149-8746-cbd6db34a123-1979.206.403d3.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/441d0c78-e5dc-4d0f-9240-76c6e709431f-1979.206.403d4.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/0591ce14-0936-4d37-869d-858bca0b860b-1979.206.403d5.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/3c65fa39-53fa-4ee3-ab22-2878e778c628-1979.206.403d6.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/ce0b9e6b-7af5-453d-8fa1-b843b1cba17b-1979.206.403d7.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/f8f54fa7-5c4e-438a-a765-a72bd6c1d85d-1979.206.403d8.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/19c929fe-b1b0-4a41-9c55-46b5f64bf1c6-1979.206.403d9.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/b709ae5a-2005-4d66-b4ea-5b6dd12bdb44-1979.206.403d10.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/7c5e8582-5a5f-48f2-bf92-f37df6c06c32-1979.206.403d11.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/42f7/1e7a/ca33/40e7/bbf4/5456/6fdd/3ec3/1979.206.403-0893a5e1-798c-48fe-a59e-4341d3cf2f3c/objects/83bf977f-d2fc-4cdc-9c84-aca06750933a-1979.206.403d12.tif Date Studied 7/26/2023 Bannerstone Type For a list of bannerstone types please see the section on morphology on the ABP site. Butterfly, Double-Notched Material Please indicate igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary, or more specific identification if possible. Banded Slate Perforation Perforated, Partially-Perforated, or Non-Perforated Perforated Condition Whole, Broken, Fragment, or Preform Whole Find Archaeological, or Non-Archaeological Non-Archaeological Provenance/Provenience Illinois or Ohio. Acquired by Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York in 1954 from the Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York. On loan to the Museum of Primitive Art, New York from 1964-1978. Since 1979 in The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller. Color Brownish gray with greenish black banding and off-white inclusion. Width (cm) 8.9 Height (cm) 5.9 Diameter of Perforation (cm) 1.2 Depth at Perforation/or Widest Point (cm) 2.8 Depth at Edge (cm) 0.4 Weight (g) 84.47 Notes Notes: An Archaic sculptor created this Double-Notched Butterfly bannerstone carefully aligning the natural banding of the slate with the central raised ridge of the stone. The thinning of the flanges out from the thicker central ridge creates the appearance of undulating concentric waves of the dark bands of the slate. The sculptor may have chosen this particular stone because of the large off-white serpentine inclusion on one side that runs across and through the slate banding, adding an additional visual element to the composition. Sculptors often chose banded slate to carve these winged shapes categorized in the literature as “Butterflies.” There are scratches over the surface of the stone, evidence of the peck and grind technology used to shape and smooth the surface. There are multiple chips along the edges and at the perforation, signs of extensive use of this bannerstone in the Archaic period when it was placed on an atlatl (throwing stick) or staff. Along the narrow edge of one of the flanges 1979.206.403 is written in red. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MMA 1979.206.403 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6000-1000 BCE Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <br />This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a> These images may be downloaded and used freely for teaching and personal use. Include the credit line "© Anna Blume, 2021, Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art" along with the object's Catalog Number. Publishing of images is permitted with additional permission from the MMA. For additional publishing questions, contact <a href="mailto:bannerstone@fitnyc.edu">bannerstone@fitnyc.edu</a>. Butterfly, Double-Notched