Pestle
- Object Name:
- Pestle
- Object ID:
- 1987.047
- Creator:
- Eastern Woodland
- Place of Origin:
- Boscawen, NH
- Description:
- Pestle, metamorphic rock, (schist or gneiss). Found in Boscawen, NH. Tan and gray stone. Shape tapering cylinder, slightly flattened on one side near top end. Bottom end, shallow dome shape. Top end, slightly offset rounded tip. Some beveled and slightly irregular edges around top end. Bottom end and sides, relatively smooth, until about 1/3rd of way up shaft. Top 2/3rds have slightly flattened side with small undulations in it. Overall surface smooth. Flattened side, darker color to it, darker gray to almost black. Opposite side, dark tan color. Small adhesive cloth tape stuck to one side, 0/9" long by 0.6" wide.
- Material:
- Stone
- Dimensions:
- L-12.8 Dia-2 inches Weight-52.9 oz
- Provenance:
- Found by Leon Boutelle (donor's brother-in-law) at an archeological site in New Hampshire, perhaps at Boscawen.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Florence Boutelle
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