Grooved Handstone, Prehistoric Stone Tool
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: US Southwest (NM, AZ, UT, NV)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: A grooved handstone from Hawikuh, New Mexico. The stone measures 17 cm in circumference and is 5 cm tall. It was used as a pottery anvil as part of the paddle and anvil method of vessel fabrication. The stone is held on the inside of the vessel while the clay is paddled on the outside, slowly stretching and forming the piece. The stone is made of eclogite, a metamorphic rock and has a shallow groove around its equator for easier handling.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 May 2020
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Hawikuh, North America, United States, New Mexico, Cibola County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
culture: label: Culture
content: Zuni
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO2810
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Stone