Gouge

Object/Artifact

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Old Colony History Museum

Name/Title

Gouge

Entry/Object ID

1850.573

Description

Scooped blade halfway up from bit; some pecking visible; overall highly polished; blade shows use and evidence of resharpening; flakes off butt

Made/Created

Date made

6000 BP - 2700 BP

Time Period

Late - Transitional Archaic

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Gouge, Carving

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Gouge, Woodworking

Nomenclature Class

Woodworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

gouges

Search Terms

SUBJECTS: Indigenous peoples

Material

Green-gray hardstone