Bowl, Soapstone
- Object Name:
- Bowl, Soapstone
- Object ID:
- 1888.006
- Date:
- 2500-3000 BP
- Description:
- Soapstone (steatite) bowl. Perforated incised decoration on rim, smoothed interior and exterior. Rounded base. Lug missing from one end but remains intact on other. Has been repaired. Indian material. Hand-written paper label, "Indian Soapstone Kettle / Found about 1848 by Ira Barr on his / farm in Goffstown, N.H. Said farm / was purchased by his great-grand- / father James Barr, 1742, now 1888. / owned by Samuel Barnard. Presented by Mrs. Nancy Barr, Man / chester, N. H. 1888."
- Material:
- Stone
Soapstone - Dimensions:
- H-7.5 W-9 L-13 inches
- Provenance:
- Found on a farm in Goffstown, NH, c. 1848. Gift of Nancy Barr, Manchester, NH, 1888.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Nancy Barr
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