bannerstone drill core

[dognose]

Here is a photo of a bannerstone drill core. It is made of yellow and white quartz. Its made during the reed drilling of a quartz bannerstone.

I have seen only a few of these. I obtained this core from Ben Thompson in 2006. I consider these a rare relic, much rarer than bannerstones.

the measurements are 1 1/4 inches in length, approximately 1/2 inch wide on the widest part, but this is not truly round, the opposite end is approximately 1/4 inch wide, again not truly round.

 

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[redbeardrelics]

Pretty cool! I have never seen one of those before, but understand how they could exist. I suspect most of those cores would have been intentionally broken up or chipped out as the reed drilling progressed. Thanks for posting.

 

[quito]

Cool Piece!!

Must be water worn since drilling marks don't appear to exist, is that the case?

 

[arrow86]

Very cool I don’t recall seeing one before I also assumed that they would have came out in small sections at a time and broke apart but good to learn something nee

 

[dognose]

I don't think its water worn. you will not see drill lines similar to a stone drill since the cane is much softer.

It is well polished from the abrasive material, likely sand or a silica material, and the reed. Note on the larger end you can still see the peck marks from the shaping process.


See this on drilling a banner

 

[sandchip]

Awesome piece and something I've always wanted to find.

 

[rock]

Could it be a preform bead?

 

[Charl]

Boy, that's a rare bird! I can show you another, but tough to photograph or measure. It's still attached at the base of the drill hole in an unfinished bannerstone from Rhode Island. It's hardstone, something in the granite family...

 

[quito]

Very Nice.

I wonder what prevented its completion.

 

[sandchip]

Killer, Charl.

 

[Charl]

Very Nice.

I wonder what prevented its completion.

Doesn't seem to be an obvious reason whatsoever. Sometimes we can just never know. This was from an old collection. Things like this were sometimes interred with the deceased, to be completed in the next world. But I've no idea if that's the case here. I know the collection it came from, but not the circumstances of the find....