Print, Photographic
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 1991.058.01
- Place of Origin:
- Franklin, NH
- Date:
- 1901
- Description:
- Photograph of Indian artifacts. Pair of mounted photographs of a collectioon of 20 smooth stones, mostly round or oval, each with a figure crudely scratached into the surface. Written in pencil on back of each photo "Indian Relicks From Procter, Franklin Fallls, N.H., March 27, 1901" Figures include six faces, two crescents, a tepee, a fish,or projectile point, a set of three parallel lines and a pair of perpendicular lines. 11 stones have a hole drilled near one end.
- Material:
- Paper
- Provenance:
- The origin of the stones and the photographs is unknown, aside from what is written on the backs of the photographs. The Riverside Muncipal Museum has no records concerning them. One of the stones has a paper label which reads "FRANKLIN, N.H." The figures are somewhat similar to the much finer carvings on the Meredith "mystery stone" (1927.10)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Riverside Municipal Museum
- People:
- Proctor, Mary A. (1859-1933)
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