Gouge
- Object Name:
- Gouge
- Object ID:
- 1977.502.054
- Description:
- Gouge, stone. Dark gray, small rectangular. Right side tapers rather sharply to nearly flat, back edge. Wide, shallow, longitudinal, rounded groove across top. Groove tapers downward to cutting edge, nearly straight. Bottom surface, also slightly rounded and turns upward to cutting edge. Surfaces near cutting edge fairly smooth. Many small pits in body on top and bottom surfaces. Medium-brown stains on top and bottom surfaces that might be mineral inclusions in stone. Stone appears to have some large inclusions in granular structure.
- Material:
- Stone
- Dimensions:
- H-0.6 W-1.7 L-3.4 inches Weight-3.2 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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