Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
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: L. Russell Clapp (Lorenzo Russell Clapp), Non-Indian, 1813-1902
label: Previous owner
content: Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
label: Donor
content: Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been found in 1874; formerly in the collection of L. Russell Clapp (an engineer); presented by him to the Long Island Historical Society in 1882; lent to MAI by the Long Island Historical Society in 1920; donated to NMAI by the Brooklyn Historical Society in 2020.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Under muck in pond; Nichols Pond; Hempstead; Nassau County; New York; USA
label: Island Name
content: Long Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Long Island
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: 10/1747
label: Barcode
content: 101747.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Pecked, ground, drilled