Gouge
- Object Name:
- Gouge
- Object ID:
- 1977.502.043
- Creator:
- Eastern Woodland Indian (Sanbornton Bog NH)
- Description:
- Gouge, medium gray, stone. Cylindrical shape which tapers from center to both ends. Front end taper wider than at center. Rear end tapers to smaller, rounder end. Wide concave groove from top from front to back. At front, groove tapers down to curve cutting edge. On bottom, surface tapers all the way to bottom of cutting edge. At rear, bottom tapers up to somewhat flattened back end. Brown residues outside surfaces that may be from skin oil. Some longitudinal striations in stone.
- Material:
- Stone
- Dimensions:
- H-1.6 W-2.2 L-10.3 inches Weight-27.55 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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