Spear, fishing

Spear, fishing

Object/Artifact

Quartzite fish spear; probably from the Taunton River.

Stone, Worked

Stone, Worked

Object/Artifact

Irregularly shaped stone with grooved semi-circular line, used in the process of soap-making. Straw and ash-filled barrel places into the grooved lines on the stone. Water would be poured into a barrel, and the resulting liquid (lye) was later boiled with tallow to produce soap.

Tomahawk

Tomahawk

Object/Artifact

Hoe and tomahawks, Middle-Transitional Archaic period hafted full grooved axe.

Tomahawk

Tomahawk

Object/Artifact

Middle-Transitional Archaic period hafted full grooved axe; treated birchwood handle bound in leather.

Tomahawk

Tomahawk

Object/Artifact

Native American artifacts. Late Archaic-Late Woodland period leather hafted, grooved light grey hammerstone on "new" stick handle.

Tomahawk

Tomahawk

Object/Artifact

Late Archaic / Late Woodland period hammerstone on wooden handle; modern rawhide hafting.

Tomahawk

Tomahawk

Object/Artifact

Early-Late Archaic period rawhide hafted hardstone grooved axe on stick handle.