Davistown Museum Inventory of Artifacts Stone Tools

Status Location
N3504 Scrapers (3) DTM
Stone, A.) 5", B.) 5", C.) 4" in diameter.
Discovered together in an ancient ship's carpenters tool chest. Probably southeast New England in origin, age unknown.
Possible use: cleaning moose hides or other pelts.
110103NA57 Stone DTM MHC-C
Stone, 5.6 cm long, 2.1 cm wide.
A flat, elongated, smooth stone with a hole in the center; possibly a bow drill component?
110203NA81 Unidentified stone tool DTM MHC-C
Stone, 7 cm long.
This item is part of the Cohasset Hoard. This is a flat, smooth stone with two holes ...half of this is missing so we only have
half of the 2 holes ...may have been four holes?
110203NA72 Unidentified stone tool DTM MHC-C
Stone, 5.5 cm x 5.5 cm (slightly oblong).
This item is part of the Cohasset Hoard. A circular disc with an incised ring and a hole in the center.
Wampum
22601NA1 Wampum DTM
Whelk shell, 1 7/16" long, 5/16" in diameter, signed in ink "MT Hope R.I.", obviously its place of origin.
An excellent example of the most desirable type of wampum. Made by the Narragansett Indians, possibly in the heyday of
the wampum trade (1610 - 1675).
Native American Artifacts IV - 20th Century
Baskets
N3500 Basket DTM CSA
Ash and sweetgrass, 4 1/2" in diameter, ca. 1920.
This basket was probably made by the Penobscots.
Ceramics
090603NA17 Black pot DTM MHC-B
Ceramic-2-tone decorated black, 10.3 cm x 10.7 cm, 9 cm opening, 20th century.
This item is from the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico.
092103NA39 Decorative pot LPC MHC-B
Incised clay, 5 cm x 7cm, 3 cm diameter opening, signed "D. G.".
This item is from the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico.
Decorative Arts
110103NA47 Miscellaneous beads and necklace pieces DTM MHC-C
Clay, wood, and glass, .
These items are part of the Cohasset Hoard. It includes a cracked ceramic pot with several pieces missing and parts of one
or two necklaces.
110103NA51 Pendant DTM MHC-C
Boar or walrus tusk, 10.2 cm long, 1.5 cm wide at top, tapers to .02 cm.
It has a hole bored into the top.
Other
121403NA97 Drum DTM CSA
Hide, wood, sinew, 24 cm long, 23 cm wide head, 24 cm high.
Penobscot (?)

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