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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Banner stone
Type:Ceremonial
Materials:Stone
Place Made:North America; United States; Tennessee; Clarksville
Measurements:overall: 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.; 2.2225 x 18.415 x 9.525 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK K.A.9.b.1
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Flat, smooth dark gray stone. Convex center with cylindrical hole and rounded square sides. Slightly notched at each edge at the middle to give a somewhat winged appearance. The use or age of these pieces is not known, but they may have been ceremonial hammers.

Tags:
indigenous people; Native American; archaeology

Subjects:
Indigenous peoples; Indians of North America; archaeological objects

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