Stone gouge with modern haft

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This gouge would have been used by Eastern Woodlands people such as the Pocumtucks of what is now Deerfield, Massachusetts.  The gouge’s size indicates its use in large woodworking projects such as creating a dugout canoe. A fire would be set on a log and the burned area would be scraped out with gouges like this one. Smaller gouges would have been used for making items such as bowls.

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Item typeTools & Equipment
Woodworking
CreatorNative American
TopicNative American
EraEarly Indigenous and European contact, 1565–1619
MaterialStone/Mineral; Wood
Catalog #1985.0229
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Native American. Stone gouge with modern haft. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1985-0229/. Accessed on December 6, 2024.

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