Birdstone

Name/Title

Birdstone

Entry/Object ID

1958.1.2

Description

Ground stone birdstone. It has a long bar-shaped body with a turned-up tail. The head is broken at the point of the bulbous eyes. There are two holes drilled diagonally at each end on the bottom.

Context

Collected in Royalton, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1958.1

Source or Donor

Rugg, Harold Goddard (1883-1957)

Acquisition Method

Bequest

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

New England

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Abenaki
Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Birdstone

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Weight, Atlatl

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Armament Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Material

Stone

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Town

Royalton

County

Windsor County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America