Bannerstone
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Indigenous Ontario
Medium
Stone (banded slate)
Geography
London, Ontario
Date
6000-2500 BC
Object number
HD9319
Credit Line
J.P. Hunt Collection; gift of the Members
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Archaeology of the Americas
Description
Archaeologists continue to debate the precise function of bannerstones. Many think that they functioned as atlatl, or spear-thrower, weights; others assign them a ceremonial or symbolic function.
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