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Quartz Butterfly type bannerstone

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Date:

6000 - 1000 BCE

Culture:

Native American

Period:

Archaic (Native American)

Category:

archaeology

Type:

bannerstone

Subject:

bannerstones

Materials:

Rock Crystal

Dimensions:

7.4 x 5.2 cm

Current site:

Washington, DC, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Description:

This is a rare rock crystal Quartz Butterfly bannerstone that is only partially completed. There is no perforation and there are signs of pecking on the surface filled with a light brown patina. One edge is chipped exposing the bright translucent crystal. This bannerstone is one of twenty-nine archaeological objects found in the area of Plantersville and donated by Dr. Ben H. Broadnax who was a physician specializing in treating burns caused by expanding railroad work. Plantersville La Brodnax is written on the stone.

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

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A34419a

Identifier:

A34419b

Contributor:

Anna Blume

Collection:

FIT Bannerstone Project

Record created:

Nov. 8, 2019

Last modified:

Dec. 16, 2019

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