Imagine you've spent something like twenty hours shaping a Bannerstone, grinding and polishing the surface to a high degree of gloss--you've 'sighted' each end so the drill hole will meet up in the middle...then you start drilling. The thing that must have been hard to plan for was how much heat (friction) the granite will take without breaking. Too, it could be the drilling got too aggressive, the twisting action caused too much pressure on the end of the hole--a large chunk broke off, ALL the work put into the stone, gone in an instant. It's been six thousand, five hundred years since the piece was made (Mid Archaic, likely Benton Culture), but I can almost imaging the artist/ toolmakers' words (definitely was NOT happy). Inside the hole you can see the 'nipple' where the hollow reed used as a drill was rotated--it's about a quarter inch, possibly 5/16" long--hard to get in there to measure the nipple. The banner itself is 2&3/8" by 1&5/8" 'high'00and exactly 2" across. The "blank" has a couple of later period (farming made?) chips on the topside. Found in Pike County, Indiana, 100% real in every detail. Shipping is $9.00, checks or M.O>s are welcomed. Sorry, I do not use paypal-type services--Roy A.