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AUTHENTIC PICTURED DOUBLE NOTCHED SLATE BUTTERFLY BANNERSTONE, KENDALL CO, ILL.
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AUTHENTIC PICTURED DOUBLE NOTCHED SLATE BUTTERFLY BANNERSTONE, KENDALL CO, ILL.
Price: US $870.00

AUTHENTIC DOUBLE NOTCHED SLATE BUTTERFLY BANNERSTONE FROM KENDALL COUNTY, ILL. PICTURED IN BANNERSTONE BOOK


THIS DOUBLE NOTCHED SLATE BUTTERFLY BANNERSTONE WAS FOUND IN 1960 BY GEORGE T. CIES (1917-1990), A WORLD WAR TWO VET FROM YORKVILLE, ILLINOIS. AN INSCRIPTION ON ONE WING READS \"FOUND WEST OF CREEK (MORGAN CREEK) NORTH OF RESERVATION ROAD\", AN AREA IN BRISTOL TWP. SECTION 36 OF KENDALL COUNTY, ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF YORKVILLE. THE BANNER HAS BEEN IN THE COLLECTIONS OF GARY LITHERLAND OF KANKAKEE, ILL. AND GREG NEUMANN OF YORKVILLE, ILL., THE LATTER OF WHICH HAD IT ILLUSTRATED IN \"THE ARCHAIC BANNERSTONE\", A MILESTONE PUBLICATION BY DAVID LUTZ IN 2000. IT CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 209, FIGURE 183, NO. 11 (SEE PHOTO). LUTZ ESTIMATED THAT THIS STYLE OF BANNER DATED IN THE 4500 BC TO 3500 BC RANGE. IT MEASURES 4 7/8\" BY 2 1/2\" AND HAS SOME WELL-DONE RESTORATION ON PART OF ONE WING AND ONE NOTCH, AN AREA COVERING ABOUT 3/4\" BY 3\". THIS ARTIFACT IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE AND IT\'S PRETTY RARE FOR THIS AREA. IT IS GUARANTEED TO BE GENUINE.


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