Pestle
- Object Name:
- Pestle
- Object ID:
- 1977.502.035
- Creator:
- Eastern Woodland Indian (West Concord NH)
- Place of Origin:
- West Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1000 BCE-1600 CE
- Description:
- Pestle. Inscribed in black ink, "Found at West Concord / & / Presented to / The N.H. Historical Society / by / A.F. Tandy Esq. / Sept. 19[00]." Blue-gray igneous-granitic ground stone. Shape of cylinder, flattened at one end in one plane, slightly flattened in other end in plane 90 degrees from first. One end more of blue-gray stone color. Opposite end with darker colorations on surface on one side. Smooth chip missing from near end that coincides with dimple. A number of very small weathered pits throughout surface. Small black area near end that looks like tape residue.
- Material:
- Stone
- Dimensions:
- W-2.1 L-14.1 D-2 cm Weight-65.2 gr
- Provenance:
- Found by Asbury F. Tandy in West Concord, NH, September 1900.
Originally numbered 1900.012. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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