Beautiful winged BANNERSTONE in carved hard stone - Lot 23

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600 - 800 EUR
Beautiful winged BANNERSTONE in carved hard stone - Lot 23
Beautiful winged BANNERSTONE in carved hard stone USA "prehistory" pre-contact 11.5 x 5 x 2 cm Former Mrs. F collection, New York Traditionally, bannerstones are thought of as spear counterweights, or drill counterweights. Their primitive use led them to evolve from a utilitarian object to a ritual object or even a protective amulet for hunting. It is assumed that they became objects of exchange between social groups. They are thought to have been produced between 3200 BC and 1000 BC in the eastern USA. Bibliography: A similar example can be seen in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under reference 1979.206.403.
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