Carving
- Title:
- Mystery Stone
- Object Name:
- Carving
- Object ID:
- 1927.010
- Date:
- 1872
- Description:
- "MYSTERY STONE". Egg-shaped stone with a hole drilled from the pointed top to the rounded bottom. It is larger at the bottom. It has a smooth surface with carvings; a face in an oval on one side, a teepee on another, an ear of corn and various symbols. There is a geometric decoration around the drilled holes. Stored with cotton batting in tin can with removable cover.
- Material:
- Stone
Quartzite - Dimensions:
- H-3.8 Dia-2.65 inches Weight-19.2 oz
- Provenance:
- The stone was unearthed in 1872 by workmen digging post holes in Meredith, NH. The men were working for Seneca A. Ladd (1819-1892) of Meredith, who took possession of the stone. His daughters, Frances Ladd Coe and Virginia B. Ladd, donated the stone to the New Hampshire Historical Society in 1927.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Frances Ladd Coe and Virginia B. Ladd
- Subjects:
- Faces, Teepees, Corn, Eggs, Stone carving
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