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. 121 Catalog or Accession # 2011.154.15 s3_path Path on S3 storage for iiif reference https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/ce47/a13c/ae48/47bb/8aea/5983/4b4e/9e0d/2011.154.15-6b7c74b2-3d77-45e9-b53a-1ccf205f83d6/objects/b3a266e9-0d29-43fa-8789-1254601f29e5-2011.154.15.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/ce47/a13c/ae48/47bb/8aea/5983/4b4e/9e0d/2011.154.15-6b7c74b2-3d77-45e9-b53a-1ccf205f83d6/objects/6ed6038d-8d92-4841-894f-03e7520cf51a-2011.154.15a.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/ce47/a13c/ae48/47bb/8aea/5983/4b4e/9e0d/2011.154.15-6b7c74b2-3d77-45e9-b53a-1ccf205f83d6/objects/1d75dd27-49d1-4bcf-802f-698b1fd3f073-2011.154.15b.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/ce47/a13c/ae48/47bb/8aea/5983/4b4e/9e0d/2011.154.15-6b7c74b2-3d77-45e9-b53a-1ccf205f83d6/objects/f2f31c07-df1d-4401-ad83-54fec7b405a8-2011.154.15d.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/ce47/a13c/ae48/47bb/8aea/5983/4b4e/9e0d/2011.154.15-6b7c74b2-3d77-45e9-b53a-1ccf205f83d6/objects/a5015e26-a8b7-4c53-af93-67d2677270b9-2011.154.15d1.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/ce47/a13c/ae48/47bb/8aea/5983/4b4e/9e0d/2011.154.15-6b7c74b2-3d77-45e9-b53a-1ccf205f83d6/objects/2a804d8a-2663-4f7c-9d9c-0ce1af907d7b-2011.154.15d2.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/ce47/a13c/ae48/47bb/8aea/5983/4b4e/9e0d/2011.154.15-6b7c74b2-3d77-45e9-b53a-1ccf205f83d6/objects/242a38c4-cacb-4ba5-afeb-aaa42d32488f-2011.154.15d3.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/ce47/a13c/ae48/47bb/8aea/5983/4b4e/9e0d/2011.154.15-6b7c74b2-3d77-45e9-b53a-1ccf205f83d6/objects/b0d9e14f-c8cb-4393-bbaf-b3cd84719cd0-2011.154.15d4.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/ce47/a13c/ae48/47bb/8aea/5983/4b4e/9e0d/2011.154.15-6b7c74b2-3d77-45e9-b53a-1ccf205f83d6/objects/2fdf5b74-fb19-4701-a92e-c0c2ebdb5101-2011.154.15d5.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/ce47/a13c/ae48/47bb/8aea/5983/4b4e/9e0d/2011.154.15-6b7c74b2-3d77-45e9-b53a-1ccf205f83d6/objects/b443dfb9-f670-4642-9d8a-9baf782ac976-2011.154.15d6.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/ce47/a13c/ae48/47bb/8aea/5983/4b4e/9e0d/2011.154.15-6b7c74b2-3d77-45e9-b53a-1ccf205f83d6/objects/e63bfca8-772b-486e-9690-d58975e46329-2011.154.15d7.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/ce47/a13c/ae48/47bb/8aea/5983/4b4e/9e0d/2011.154.15-6b7c74b2-3d77-45e9-b53a-1ccf205f83d6/objects/ca901acd-d01c-4f88-999b-72c883c8697a-2011.154.15d8.tif https://dip-access-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/packages/ce47/a13c/ae48/47bb/8aea/5983/4b4e/9e0d/2011.154.15-6b7c74b2-3d77-45e9-b53a-1ccf205f83d6/objects/5f6ed83e-40e6-4749-9dce-37f44a337284-2011.154.15d9.tif Date Studied 7/26/2023 Bannerstone Type For a list of bannerstone types please see the section on morphology on the ABP site. Hourglass Material Please indicate igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary, or more specific identification if possible. Ferruginous Quartz Perforation Perforated, Partially-Perforated, or Non-Perforated Perforated Condition Whole, Broken, Fragment, or Preform Whole Find Archaeological, or Non-Archaeological Non-Archaeological Provenance/Provenience Fulton County, Illinois. Ralph T. Coe, Santa Fe Collection until 2010. Gift of the Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts in 2010-2011. Location Cache, Burial, Midden, or Other Other Color Orange and off-white Width (cm) 7.6 Height (cm) 13.3 Diameter of Perforation (cm) 1.3 Depth at Perforation/or Widest Point (cm) 2.4 Depth at Edge (cm) 0.3 Weight (g) 349.89 Notes Archaic sculptors often chose to create bannerstones out of ferruginous quartz due to its high contrast of milky white intermixed with iron minerals in shades of deep saturated oranges, reds, or pinks. This particular bannerstone is twice the size and weight of most bannerstones placing it in the category of a rare “hypertrophic” [relatively large] sculpture. Whatever the purpose of bannerstones in the Archaic period, this one would have been too large and too heavy to be placed on a throwing stick, or part of everyday use. It would have been singled out for special, perhaps ceremonial performances or display. Along the edges and perforation there are little to no signs of wear, further indicating that this was a unique bannerstone similar to ceremonial axes or celts made by ancient artists of North and Central America including the Olmec and Maya. On one side of the stone Fulton Co Ill. is written in black on a white label. This refers to Fulton County in Illinois, presumably where this bannerstone was found. 2011.154.15 is written in red on one end above the perforation. On one side of the stone Fulton Co Ill. is written in black on a white label. This refers to Fulton County in Illinois, presumably where this bannerstone was found. 2011.154.15 is written in red on one end along the perforation. 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 2011.154.15 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>. Hourglass