Dimensions Description: 12.5 cm (width)
(5 inches)
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Value:12.5 Unit: cm Type:
width
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Materials and Techniques
Description: carved brown slate
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Material Name: slate Technique Name: carving
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Subject Matter
Indexing Terms:
object (utilitarian)
prestige
hunting
war
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Context
Archeological Context-Discovery/Excavation Place:
Pope County (Illinois, United States)
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Descriptive Note
Text: This bannerstone is a double-crescent-shaped
stone, typical of the "winged" type. Although
the purpose of bannerstones is uncertain, it is assumed
that they were status symbols in the form of adornments
or insignia, perhaps carried on a wooden staff (with
the holes arranged vertically); many scholars believe
that bannerstones formed part of an atlatl (spear-thrower).
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Citations: Dockstader, Indian Art in
America (1974)
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Current Location
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian
Institution (Washington, District of Columbia, United
States)
Repository Numbers:
19/8024
