Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (unfinished) (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 3000-1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: George Frederick Kunz, Non-Indian, 1856-1932
label: Previous owner
content: Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn Museum of Art)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of George Frederick Kunz (1856-1932, a mineralogist and collector); acquired by the Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, New York) from George F. Kunz, probably in 1901; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Brooklyn Museum in 1962.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: North Carolina; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/1795
label: Barcode
content: 231795.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (unfinished) (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, drilled, incised