Celt

Object Name:

Celt

Object ID:

1995.088

Place of Origin:

New Hampshire

Date:

see notes

Description:

Celt. Medium brownish gray stone. On one side, quite brown in central area under label. Back end slightly rounded with one long, rough, beveled surface. Blade polished, remainder of tool surface is slightly roughened. Several chips on blade end. Paper label adhered, handwritten in ink, "Merimac River N.H. / Tomahawk. / Found near Hannah Dustin Island."

Material:

Stone

Dimensions:

W-3.3 L-8.3 D-0.8 inches Weight-21.95 oz

Provenance:

The donor, Thoreau Raymond of Concord, NH, used this tool while teaching history in New Mexico. It was given to her by her father, Ward Raymond (1883-1953) of Worcester, MA (d. Laconia, NH). He purchased this tool as part of an auction lot near Weirs Beach, NH, in the 1920s; paid $8.00 for the lot. As a school teacher in Massachusetts, Ward used this object while teaching history. He later sent it to Thoreau for her classroom use. Thoreau reports that the label is written in Ward's hand.

Credit Line:

Gift of Thoreau Raymond

People:

Dustin, Hannah (1657-1736)