Atlatl Weight or Banner Stone, Stone, Native American

Object/Artifact

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Saco Museum

1891.0105.0001: Atlatl or Banner Stone, Stone, Native American
1891.0105.0001

Atlatl or Banner Stone, Stone, Native American

Name/Title

Atlatl Weight or Banner Stone, Stone, Native American

Entry/Object ID

1891.105.1

Description

Stone atlatl or banner stone, large chunk missing, grey and slight orange in color “Stone ax” donated by James Gray, Saco Date: 8000-1000BCE Banner stones began to appear in the archaic period and were typically made from hard igneous or metamorphic rock like gouges and ax heads

Dimensions

Width

2-1/2 in

Depth

3/4 in

Length

5-1/2 in