Hammerstone
- Object Name:
- Hammerstone
- Object ID:
- 1977.510.019
- Creator:
- Eastern Woodland Indian
- Description:
- Anvil/Nutting stone. Dark gray to brown color overall. Flattened sphere, slightly elliptical viewed from top or bottom. Definite depressions, flattened semi-circles both sides. Depression one side, 0.3" deep; other side, depression also 0.3" deep. Many small pits in stone, on almost entire outside surface. Concentration of pits on one flat side and in one area about a third of circumference. Similar marks and pits throughout. Most noticeable ones, light brown color in pits. Some small, granular, reflecting surfaces throughout stone.
- Material:
- Stone
- Dimensions:
- H-1.5 W-3.1 L-3.8 inches Weight-17.35 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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