AMNH DM/265

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About this Bannerstone

BA#

36

Catalog or Accession #

DM/265

Date Studied

9/13/2016

Bannerstone Type

Material

Perforation

Condition

Provenance/Provenience

Michigan. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from O. A. Jewison on July 24th, 1881

Color

Olive gray with grayish black banding

Width (cm)

19.5

Height (cm)

7.2

Diameter of Perforation (cm)

1.2

Depth at Perforation/or Widest Point (cm)

2.3

Depth at Edge (cm)

1

Weight (g)

308.7

Notes

The curved surface of this bannerstone is carved in relation to the natural asymmetrical banding of the stone. There is a gash on the curved edge of the surface and a deep scar on the face of the stone. Published in Knoblock (1939) Pl. 226, no. 3.

Date

6000-1000 BCE

Rights

Images may be downloaded and used freely for teaching and personal use. Include the credit line “© Anna Blume, 2017, Courtesy of the Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History” along with the object’s Catalog Number. Publishing of images is permitted with additional permission from the AMNH. For additional publishing questions, contact [email protected]

Citation

“AMNH DM/265,” FIT Bannerstone Project, accessed July 3, 2025, https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/97.

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