Pestle
- Object Name:
- Pestle
- Object ID:
- 1977.502.001
- Description:
- Pestle. Dark gray stone. Long tapering cylinder with raised rib near small end. At small end, it becomes more of a flattened cylinder, then tapers to rounded end with small pieces missing. Surface quite dark. Surface has some long, shallow streaks on one side where stone has lost a little of its surface. Main surface rougher than rest. Overall, lots of wear and smoothing of chips and small pieces missing from different areas. A few small, lighter-colored scrapes in some locations from handling or storage abrasions. From chips and pieces that are missing, difficult to tell if stone core same color as surface. Stone, definite ring to it when tapped. When tapped, has bell-like resonance.
- Material:
- Stone
- Dimensions:
- W-2.4 L-21.6 D-2.3 inches Weight-106.55 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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