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Horned Saddleface type bannerstone

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Date:

6000 - 1000 BCE

Culture:

Native American

Period:

Archaic (Native American)

Category:

archaeology

Type:

bannerstone

Subject:

bannerstones

Materials:

Plaster cast of a porphyry granite original

Dimensions:

6 x 7.9 cm

Current site:

Washington, DC, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Description:

Based on archival photographs of the original stone, this plaster cast carefully replicates the porphyry surface, shape and partial perforation of the original stone. The partial perforation measures 6.5cm into the stone. Pike Co. Ill. Dr. Patrick is written on the surface of the plaster cast. Original bannerstone is in Knoblock Pl. 140, no. 7.

Rights:

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, 2019, Courtesy of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution” along with the object’s Catalog Number. Publishing of images is permitted with additional permission from the NMNH. For additional publishing questions, contact bannerstone@fitnyc.edu

Additional views:

A30224

Identifier:

A30224d4

Contributor:

Anna Blume

Collection:

FIT Bannerstone Project

Record created:

Nov. 8, 2019

Last modified:

Dec. 16, 2019

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