Catalog or Accession #

Bannerstone Type

Provenance/Provenience

Diameter of Perforation (cm)

Depth at Perforation/or Widest Point (cm)

Depth at Edge (cm)

Slate with trace fossils

Non-Archaelogical

Thousand Island, Jefferson County, New York

This bannerstone is well worn with chips at the top and bottom of the perforation and chips along the edges. Smooth finish with evident scratch marks from fine polishing. Monochromatic fine-grained shale and slate were often chosen for Shield-shaped bannerstones.

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/62

Quartz, ferruginous

Non-Archaelogical

Mississippi. Donor Jackson D. Steward

Dark orange, grayish white

This finely carved iconic Bottle-shaped bannerstone has signs of wear at either side of the perforation. W.H. Pell/Miss written on stone may indicate previous owner. Published in Knoblock (1939) Pl. 249, no. 5.

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Non-Archaelogical

Richmond County, Georgia. Donor C.C. Jones Jr. pg. 119

Dark greenish gray with reflective elements

Several horizontal lines have been incised on the front and crisscrossed diagonal lines across the back of this bannerstone. These markings appear to be archaic in origin and may have been incised when the stone was carved or added later for unknown purposes. Published in Knoblock (1939) Plate 121, no. 10.

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Partially-Perforated

Non-Archaelogical

Chattahoochee River, Alabama. Donor C. C. Jones Jr. pg. 231

Dark greenish gray

This preform is in a rough state with a partially tapered perforation 3.0 cm deep on one side without a nipple indicating that solid wood rather than cane was used for drilling.

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Igneous, medium to coarse-grained alkaline

Partially-Perforated

Non-Archaelogical

Habershan County, Georgia. C.C. Jones Jr. Donor pg. 62

Dark greenish gray with white and black elements

This preform is in a rough state with a perforation 2.3cm on one side with a nipple indicating that cane was used for drilling. Published in Knoblock (1939) Pl. 172, no. 2.

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Gabbro, recrystallized

Non-Archaelogical

Savannah River, Price's Island, Georgia; Donor C.C. Jones Jr. pg. ?

Greenish gray, with light beige elements

The Wisconsin Wing bannerstone is one of several preforms found on Price’s Island in the Savannah River, Georgia. It is roughly formed with a pronounced chip on the upper left wing.

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Rectangular Barreled

Granitoid, hypersthene bearing coarse-grained

Non-Archaelogical

Savannah River, Columbia County, Georgia. Donor C.C. Jones Jr. pg. 64

Grayish green with brown, beige, and black elements

This is one of four preforms found in a shell midden on the banks of the Savannah River.

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Partially-Perforated

Non-Archaelogical

Oglethorpe County, Georgia; Donor C.C. Jones, Jr. pg. 70

Light olive gray, with olive gray, pinkish gray, and yellowish gray elements

This Ovate, Southern preform has the beginnings of a rounded spine on the front and a squared spine on the back. This is a commonly found spine variation similar to those found at Volusia County, Fl. Published in Knoblock (1939) Pl. 171, no. 5.

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Granitoid, hypersthene bearing coarse-grained

Non-Archaelogical

Savannah River, Columbia County, Georgia. Donor C.C. Jones Jr. pg. 61

Grayish green, with brown, beige, and black elements

This preform was found in the riverbed of the Savannah River in Columbia County near its confluence with Kiokee Creek.

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Meta-igneous: mafic/ultramafic protolith

Non-Archaelogical

Savannah River, Columbia County, Georgia. Donor C.C. Jones Jr. pg. 61

This preform was found in the riverbed of the Savannah River in Columbia County near its confluence with Kiokee Creek.

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/71

Meta sedimentary, silica-rich

Non-Archaelogical

Columbia County, Georgia. Donor C. C. Jones Jr. pg. 249

Medium orange with white and black elements

Published in Knoblock (1939) Pl. 121, no. 6.

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Meta-igneous: mafic/ultramafic protolith

Non-Archaelogical

Columbia County, Georgia. Donor C. C. Jones Jr. pg. 77

This is a very early stage preform with an asymmetrical ridge.

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Meta-igneous, medium to coarse-grained; likely primitive bulk composition

Non-Archaelogical

Columbia County, Georgia. Donor C.C. Jones Jr. pg.249

Light pink with black and white elements

The edges of this bannerstone are chipped with deep random scratches on the back of the stone from wear or use.

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Non-Archaelogical

Colonels Island, Liberty County, Georgia, Donor C.C. Jones Jr.

This is a single-faced un-perforated preform with a spine formed on one side, flat on the other side, similar in shape to D/146. The stone is chipped on one edge indicting that it might have been used as a percussive tool.

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Non-Archaelogical

Wellington, Lorain County, Ohio

Greenish gray with greenish black banding

This Reel-shaped bannerstone was carefully carved in relation to the complex natural banding on the front and back of the stone.

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Non-Archaelogical

Ohio, donor A.C. Williams

Olive gray with dark greenish gray banding

This bannerstone is broken at perforation either because the stone is weakest at this point or because it was intentionally broken as is common with bannerstones at the time of their burial. As is common with the geniculate shape, the perforation is oval rather than circular. Carving and banding are elegantly aligned, with smooth polished surface. The perforation made was with a combination of drilling and scraping to achieve the oval shape.

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/77

Lunate, Knobbed

Non-Archaelogical

Elbridge, Onondaga County, New York

Dark greenish gray with brownish gray banding

This bannerstone is finely polished with a slight chip at the perforation and gash along the surface. Published in Knoblock (1939) Pl. 223, no. 16.

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Non-Archaelogical

Van Buren, Onondaga County, New York

Dark greenish gray with greenish black banding

This bannerstone has unusual flattened surfaces on either side of the spine. It is considerably smaller than most bannerstones and may be a miniature. Its small size may have lead to it being considered a fake. All details of its shape and method of carving, however, appear consistent with an archaic origin of exceptional quality.

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Butterfly, Single-Notched

Broken and repurposed

Non-Archaelogical

Hamilton County, Ohio. Donor Robert N. Lamborn Estate.

This bannerstone is broken at the spine either because the stone is weakest at the thin surface of the spine or because it was intentionally broken at the spine as is common with bannerstones. There is also a hole 0.4cm to the side of the spine that indicates Archaic Period repurposing of the stone.

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/80

Granitoid, hypersthene bearing coarse-grained

Non-Archaelogical

Big Kiokee Creek, Columbia County, Georgia. Donor George F. Peabody from Roland Steiner (collection).

Greenish gray with white and brown elements

This is a well-defined Wisconsin Wing preform with one edge slightly chipped from possible percussive use.

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Granitoid, hypersthene bearing coarse-grained

Non-Archaelogical

Big Kiokee Creek, Columbia County, Georgia. Donor George F. Peabody from Roland Steiner (collection).

Greenish gray with white and brown elements

This Triangular-shaped bannerstone was found with several others at the Big Kiokee Creek in Georgia.

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Slate with trace fossils

Non-Archaelogical

Henrico County, Virginia. Donor Charles M. Wallace

This is a monochromatic finally polished stone common with Shield-shaped bannerstones. There are chips at either edge of the perforations. On the front of the stone to the left of the spine there is an incised image of a seated person wearing a hat with the initials “D” and “s”. To the right of the spine is a large fish. On the back of the stone an anchor is incised. These incised markings are not Archaic in nature. They would have been added in th 19th century when most bannerstones were found in the land by settlers.

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/83

Butterfly, Single-Notched

Non-Archaelogical

Genesee River, Monroe County, New York. Donor Dr. Walter L. Hildburgh

Light olive gray with olive gray banding

This bannerstone is broken at the spine either because the stone is weakest at the thin surface of the spine or because it was intentionally broken at the spine as is common with bannerstones. There is a gash towards the edge of the wing.

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/84

Banded slate with trace fossils

Non-Archaelogical

Saratoga County, New York (Ross's Farm)

Medium gray with dark gray banding

n/a (broken at edge)

This bannerstone is broken at the spine either because the stone is weakest at the thin surface of the spine or because it was intentionally broken at the spine as is common with bannerstones. This piece is exceptionally delicate and small and may have been a miniature. The carving is carefully done to accentuate the natural banding from the spine out to the edge of the wing.

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Banded slate with trace fossils

Non-Archaelogical

South Central Mississippi

Light gray with medium gray banding

This bannerstone is broken at the spine either because the stone is weakest at the thin surface of the spine or because it was intentionally broken at the spine as is common with bannerstones. There are deep grooves on the inner curve of one of the notched sides indicating carving techniques for these kinds of complex shapes. The thin and thick light veins distinguish the natural stone.

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Metamorphic: silica rich, fine-grained metamorphic

Non-Archaelogical

Milan. Allen County, Indiana. Donor: R. S. Robertson. Written on label G. G. Nuttle 1879

Dark greenish gray with greenish black banding

The bannerstone is broken at the spine either because the stone is weakest at the thin surface of the spine or because it was intentionally broken at the spine as is common with bannerstones. The top and bottom edges of the stone are delicately fluted.

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Crescent, Double

Non-Archaelogical

Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Donor R. S. Roberston

Brownish gray with dark brown banding

This bannerstone is broken at the spine either because the stone is weakest at the thin surface of the spine or because it was intentionally broken at the spine as is common with bannerstones. There are chips along the edge of the lower crescent. Fort Wayne Indiana E. Phelps, 1814 is written on a label loosely pasted on the stone.

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Metamporphic: fine-grained

Tomoka Creek, Volusia County, Florida. Donor A.E. Douglass

Light olive gray with white elements

This is a finely finished bannerstone with a rounded spine on the face and a squared spine on the back. There is a naturally occurring dark brown band 1.6cm from the edge of the right wing. This bannerstone was excavated along with seven other bannerstones by A. E. Douglass in 1881. Published in “A Find of Ceremonial Axes in a Florida Mound,” The American Antiquarian (1882): 100-109; and in Bruce John Piatek, “The Tomoka Mound Complex in Northeastern Florida,” Southeastern Archaeology Winter (1994) 109-118.

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/89

Limestone, oolitic

Tomoka Creek, Volusia County, Florida. Donor A.E. Douglass

This bannerstone has a rounded spine on the face and a squared spine on the back. The patina on over the surface indicates that the chips on the right lower edge were occurred before burial. It was excavated along with seven other bannerstones by A. E. Douglass in 1881. Published in “A Find of Ceremonial Axes in a Florida Mound,” The American Antiquarian (1882): 104; and in Bruce John Piatek, “The Tomoka Mound Complex in Northeastern Florida,” Southeastern Archaeology Winter (1994) 109-118.

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Tomoka Creek, Volusia County, Florida. Donor A.E. Douglass

Medium light gray

This is a single-faced bannerstone with one a spine on one side and flat slightly curved back. This bannerstone was excavated along with seven others by A. E. Douglass in 1881. Published in “A Find of Ceremonial Axes in a Florida Mound,” The American Antiquarian (1882): 104; and in Bruce John Piatek, “The Tomoka Mound Complex in Northeastern Florida,” Southeastern Archaeology Winter (1994) 109-118. A cast made on 02/13/1883 is in the Smithsonian Collection (61059).

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/91

Schist, muscovite

Broken and repurposed

Tomoka Creek, Volusa County, Florida. Donor A.E. Douglass

This bannerstone is broken at the spine where it has been further polished with a hole Perforated at each corner of the edge of the wing. It was excavated along with eight bannerstones by A. E. Douglass in 1881. Published in “A Find of Ceremonial Axes in a Florida Mound,” The American Antiquarian (1882): 104; and in Bruce John Piatek, “The Tomoka Mound Complex in Northeastern Florida,” Southeastern Archaeology Winter (1994) 109-118. XRD analysis at AMNH on 1/11/17 indicates high presence of muscovite.

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/92

Non-Archaelogical

Massachusetts. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from W. Eliot Woodward on December 12th, 1879.

Dark greenish gray

This is a monochromatic stone often chosen for the Shield shape. This particular stone is not a common Shield shape in that it is shorter and more squared rather than a tapered form. It does have the distinctive subtle barrel at the spine and very thin wings common to this type. New England is written on the stone.

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Non-Archaelogical

Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from W. E. Woodword June 15th, 1880.

Olive gray with lighter colored reflective small elements

This bannerstone is finely carved with exceptionally thin wings from the spine out to the edge. Published in Knoblock (1939) Pl. 118, no. 1.

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Granitoid, hypersthene bearing coarse-grained

Partially-Perforated

Non-Archaelogical

Kentucky. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from Ward Howell of Rochester, NY on September 26th, 1880.

Light greenish gray with brown and dark gray elements

This may be a preform or a stone that was begun but not yet finished. In contrast to most preforms it is more fully formed in shape and is pecked over the front and back with both of its edges polished. This degree of pecking and polish is uncharacteristic of preforms that are left less defined in shape and surface. There is a a 0.3cm perforation with an apparent nipple on one side.

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/95

Broken and repurposed

Non-Archaelogical

Attica, Seneca County, Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from G.A. Leavitt and Co. April 25, 1881.

Light olive gray with dark gray banding

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania is noted as the place of origin of this stone in the AMNH archive manuscript. Ohio, however, was written on the stone when labeled at the AMNH. This error may have occurred since the 5 previous and proceeding stones were from Ohio. Note 2/2: This bannerstone is broken at the spine either because the stone is weakest at the thin surface of the spine or because it was intentionally broken at the spine as is common with bannerstones. In addition, the broken edge of the spine has been polished and there are three triangular notches carved into the thin edge of the remaining wing that indicate some kind of archaic period reuse.

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/96

Lunate, Knobbed

Non-Archaelogical

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

Olive gray with grayish black banding

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.

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/97

Butterfly, Double-Notched

Banded slate with trace fossils

Non-Archaelogical

Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from Peter Breidinger in Seneca County, Ohio on August 10th 1881

This is a miniature Double-Notched Butterfly bannerstone. The top of the left wing is several centemers lower than the right due to damage that has been smoothed and polished. The front of the spine is rounded and the back flattened. “1823 Siuox” is incised onto the back of the left wing.

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/98

Crescent, Double

Non-Archaelogical

Seneca County, Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from W.E. Woodward on August 10th, 1881

Olive gray with dark greenish gray banding

This bannerstone is broken at the spine either because the stone is weakest at the thin surface of the spine or because it was intentionally broken at the spine as is common with bannerstones. Scratches and the letters H H H are incised on either side of the perforation. These markings post-date the archaic origin of the carving.

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https://bannerstone.fitnyc.edu/items/show/99

Broken and repurposed

Non-Archaelogical

Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from W.E. Woodword on August 10th, 1881

Olive gray with dark gray banding

This is a heavily reworked bannerstone that began as a Butterfly or some other kind of similarly winged stone. It has been re-carved down to just the center of the original and incised with marks along all four edges. Nine similar variants are published by David Lutz in The Archaic Bannerstone, 2000, p 351.

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Non-Archaelogical

Seneca County, Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from W.E. Woodward on August 10th, 1881

Light olive brown with greenish black banding

This is a finely carved and polished bannerstone stone with no perforation. Carving of the Pick shape is done in relation to the pronounced natural banding. There is a slight chip at one of the pointed edges. In contrast to most preforms this stone is more fully formed in shape and finely polished.

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Partially-Perforated

Non-Archaelogical

Ohio. Donor A. E. Douglass, purchased from W. E. Woodword on October 4 ,1881

Dark greenish gray with alternating greenish black banding and light brown horizontal banding

In contrast to most preforms this stone is more fully formed in shape and finely polished with a tapered perforation 2.0cm deep.

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Non-Archaelogical

Unknown. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from W.E. Woodword on October 4th, 1881.

Olive gray with dark greenish gray banding

There are incised marks along the entire surface of the stone. They are carved in groups of 7, 8, and 9 lines. Some bannerstones are marked with grooves along the edge, especially common on Reel shaped bannerstones. These markings appear to be archaic in origin and may have been incised when the stone was carved or added later for unknown purposes. The perforation is oval.

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Meta-igneous, possibly serpentinized ultramafic protolith

Partially-Perforated

Non-Archaelogical

Alleghany, Pennsylvania. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from R. W. Mercer February 27th, 1882

The greenish gray of the unfinished bannerstone is evident beneath the patina in the perforation as well as along the diagonal gash on the stone. The partial 0.4 cm perforation was made with a solid wood stick instead of cane.

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Non-Archaelogical

Cherokee County, North Carolina. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from W. E. Woodword on August 2, 1882

Greenish gray with black, white, and brown elements

This bannerstone is broken at the spine either because the stone is weakest at the thin surface of the spine or because it was intentionally broken at the spine as is common with bannerstones. The front spine is rounded with squared spine on the backside, similar to stones common in Northeastern Florida.

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Non-Archaelogical

Knoxville, Tennessee. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from W.E. Woodword on October 4th, 1881.

Greenish gray with dark greenish gray banding

There are eight incised marks evenly spaced along one edge. The other edge is heavily chipped. The perforation is oval.

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Butterfly, Double-Notched

Banded slate with trace fossils

Non-Archaelogical

Dalton, Wayne County, Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from W.E. Woodword on September 1st, 1881.

Light olive gray with medium dark gray banding

The left wing is broken, polished and then drilled with a small hole for reuse. This stone may have been intentionally broken or due to its exceedingly thin s it may have broken in use. The natural concentric banding of the stone is aligned with the spine and notches on both sides of the stone.

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Butterfly, Single-Notched

Non-Archaelogical

Wyandot County, Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from W.E. Woodword on August 28, 1883.

Light olive gray with greenish black banding

This bannerstone is broken at the spine either because the stone is weakest at the thin surface of the spine or because it was intentionally broken at the spine as is common with bannerstones. Both wings are exceedingly thin. With bannerstones broken at the spine, it is very rare to have both pieces in. The left wing is chipped at the edge. There are bits of wood and glue in the perforation left over from a recent attempt to reattach the two pieces together. The right wing is 7.6 and the left wing is 7.4.

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Partially-Perforated

Non-Archaelogical

Big Creek, Hall County, Georgia. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from Bangs & Co. on October 31st, 1883 for $5.25. (A note in the MS. Indicates that this was originally a sale from Woodward who received the stones from the collection of E. V. Beales of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.)

Dark greenish gray

This preform is partially perforated with 1.5 cm perforation with a nipple visible from cane drilling. Overall rough finish on this preform with one spine rounded and the other squared a variation typical of stones found in Northeastern Florida.

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Butterfly, Double-Notched

Non-Archaelogical

Waukesha County, Wisconsin; Road’s Farm four miles north of Pewaukee, 1880. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from W.E. Woodword on October 31st, 1883 for $1.60.

Brownish gray with greenish black banding

This bannerstone is broken at the spine on the lower portion of the right wing and broken 3.0 cm in from the spine on the upper portion of the right wing. These breaks are either because the stone is weakest at the thin surface of the spine or because it was intentionally broken at the spine as is common with bannerstones. The upper right wing fragment appears to be reworked and polished, as it is 0.3 cm lower than the left wing. This is an exceedingly fine-carved piece with thin wings and a pronounced high ridge at the spine on both faces.

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Non-Archaelogical

Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from Mrs. S. E. Cowing from the collection of Marshal Cowing of Seneca Falls, December 1st, 1885 for $5.00.

Light olive gray with greenish black banding

This bannerstone has unusual planar surfaces that align with and further accentuate the natural banding of the stone on both sides.

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Banded slate with trace fossils

Non-Archaelogical

Glenn Falls, Warren County, New York. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from M. F. Savage on June 13th, 1888 for $12.00.

Olive gray with greenish black banding

This stone has been carved to compliment the distinct banding on either side of the stone. On the face where there is a prominent white trace fossil, view a 0.2 cm ridge that has been carved at the spine. On the reverse side the surface of the spine is slightly flattened. There is a paper tag #417 glued to the face of the stone.

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Lunate, Knobbed

Non-Archaelogical

Beaver Dam, Allen County, Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from M. F. Savage on June 13th, 1888 for $1.65

Dark greenish gray

This bannerstone is broken at the narrowest portion of the left side and may have been intentionally broken as is common with bannerstones. There is a deep gash on the back of the stone.

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Butterfly, Double-Notched

Non-Archaelogical

East Bryant (Arkansas?). Donor A.E. Douglass, bought from Bango & Co. “Woodwords Sale” auction August 27-29 for $0.84.

This finely carved, exceedingly thin Butterfly shaped stone is not and could not be perforated, as other bannerstones were, due to the thinness of the carving across its entire surface. This raises questions about how its use or meaning may have differed from other bannerstones. The entire surface, front and back are incised with script.

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Butterfly, Double-Notched

Banded slate with trace fossils

Non-Archaelogical

Stark County, Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from M. F. Savage on 12/1888 for $3.50.

Olive gray with dark greenish black banding with distinctive rust and white oval inclusions

This well-formed Double-Notched bannerstone has distinctive natural elements that include banding and white and rust colored inclusions. There is a large chip at the upper left wing and chips along the edges.

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Non-Archaelogical

Gallia County, Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from M. F. Savage on December 12th, 1888 for $2.00.

Light olive gray with greenish black banding

This Pick shaped bannerstone is carved in alignment with the natural banding of the stone on both sides.

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Butterfly, Double-Notched

Non-Archaelogical

Hancock County, Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from M.F. Savage on 12/16/1888 for $1.00.

Olive gray with dark greenish black banding

This bannerstone is broken at the spine either because the stone is weakest at the thin surface of the spine or because it was intentionally broken at the spine as is common with bannerstones. The remaining wing of the stone is notable for the thinness from the pronounced ridge of the spine to the edge.

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Non-Archaelogical

Habersham County, Georgia. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased through Bangs & Co. from the Woodward collection on December 27th-29th, 1888 for $3.00.

Dark grayish green with reflective elements

This Crescent shaped bannerstone is also often called a Boat shaped form common in the Southern region of Georgia.

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Non-Archaelogical

Logan County, Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased through Bangs & Co. from the Woodward collection on December 27th-29th, 1888 for $.75

Light olive gray with greenish black banding

This is a classic example of a Fluted-Ball shaped bannerstone commonly found in Ohio.

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Butterfly, Double-Notched

Banded slate with trace fossils

Non-Archaelogical

Hancock County, Ohio. Donor A.E. Douglass, purchased from M.F. Savage on April 19th, 1890 for $6.00.

Olive gray with greenish black banding

This Double Notched bannerstone has an unusually long lower notch. It is very thin and finely carved with horizontal banding on both sides.

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Silica-rich meta-sedimentary

Non-Archaelogical

Palmer, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Donor James Terry, acquired by him on June 3rd, 1875.

Light greenish gray with grayish black elements

This bannerstone was broken at the spine either because the stone is weakest at the thin surface of the spine or because it was intentionally broken at the spine as is common with bannerstones. Both pieces are intact and have been glued together. There is a large chip at the bottom of the stone at the perforation. Published in Knoblock (1939) Pl. 214, no. 9.

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Butterfly, Double-Notched

Non-Archaelogical

Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio. Donor James Terry, acquired from J. C. Zimmer

Olive gray with grayish black banding

This is a miniature bannerstone, finely carved in alignment with the natural concentric banding of the stone. Published in Knoblock (1939) Pl. 244, no.3.

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