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ID: 700008560
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008560
Record Type: Movable Work
Bannerstone (bannerstone; unknown Woodland (Native American); Late Archaic (1000 BCE/1000 CE...)
Note: Formed part of an atlatl (spear-thrower); it is carefully made and of decorative material and thus was probably a status symbol.
Titles:
Bannerstone (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
bannerstone [300263498] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, weapon components, projectile weapon components)

Classifications:
tools / implements (preferred)
Pre-Columbian art

Creation Date: Late Archaic (1000 BCE/1000 CE)

Creator Display:
unknown Woodland (Native American) [preferred,VP]
artist unknown Woodland Tradition (unknown Woodland cultural designation) [500372587]
Locations:
Other: Last Known: Gordon Hart Collection (Bluffton, Wells county, Indiana, United States) [500372588] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Display Materials: banded slate
banded slate [300011664]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock, slate (rock), <slate by color or quality>)

Dimensions: 9.7 x 5 cm (3 7/8 x 2 inches)
General Subject:
undetermined (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures
Sources and Contributors:
Bannerstone........ [VP]
........ Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access [online] (2003-)
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access [online] (2003-)
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