Ancient Bannerstone Repair
Posted by [Olden]
I like artifacts that have a story to tell through old repairs.
Here's a soapstone banner I found that seems to have been sloppily made, (Woodland Period?) and was followed up by a quick repair. This material is so easy to drill that I have to wonder who
made it and what the heck was he thinking?
Posted by [greywolf22]
Now that is a neat artifact. Maybe making a pipe and it broke.
Jack
Posted by [CliffJ]
Irregardless of the "soft" steatite material, it still took a while to cane drill and form that banner. After it got broken (while drilling?), it looks as though they tied the two halves together to salvage their work.
Posted by [rockredhed]
Nice finds. I think Cliff might be onto something. Looks like it had been tied together.
Posted by [Olden]
I'm not sure if this piece was ever cane and sand drilled. Looks like the interior was gouged out with a beaver tooth chisel in order to make the morning hunt.
Posted by [Olden]
I like artifacts that have a story to tell through old repairs.
Here's a soapstone banner I found that seems to have been sloppily made, (Woodland Period?) and was followed up by a quick repair. This material is so easy to drill that I have to wonder who
made it and what the heck was he thinking?
Posted by [greywolf22]
Now that is a neat artifact. Maybe making a pipe and it broke.
Jack
Posted by [CliffJ]
Irregardless of the "soft" steatite material, it still took a while to cane drill and form that banner. After it got broken (while drilling?), it looks as though they tied the two halves together to salvage their work.
Posted by [rockredhed]
Nice finds. I think Cliff might be onto something. Looks like it had been tied together.
Posted by [Olden]
I'm not sure if this piece was ever cane and sand drilled. Looks like the interior was gouged out with a beaver tooth chisel in order to make the morning hunt.
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