Bannerstone

Bannerstone

Public Domain

CultureMississippian
Titles
  • Bannerstone
Date1000 BC -500 AD
PlaceJasper County, Missouri, United States
MediumPorphyry, aged patina
Dimensions4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.

Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number65.29
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
Provenance[J. J. Klejman (1906–1995), New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1965.

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Bannerstone
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1000 BC -500 AD
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Bannerstone, Winged Butterfly Type
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