**Originally Listed At $250**

Native American, Midwest to Eastern United States, Eastern Woodland, Archaic to Woodlands Period, ca. 5000 BCE to 1000 CE. A collection of 25 fragmentary pieces of banded slate and hardstone that were on once bannerstones, gorgets, or pendants. The pieces are clearly worked by human hands - drill holes and hafting slots are present throughout. Many have a rounded wing shape that is characteristic of bannerstones of a bowtie or butterfly type. Size of largest: 3" L x 2.5" W (7.6 cm x 6.4 cm)

Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.

Provenance: Private Kansas City, Missouri, USA collection, Ex. John Townsend collection, formed in the 1970's and earlier.

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All are fragments of larger pieces as shown. Find sites and old inventory numbers written on the surfaces of most.