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1. Cast of c. 1485-1780 Obsidian Preform, 2019 - Replica

   Cast of c. 1485-1780 Monterey Chert Preform, 2019. Resin replica cast of a Monterey chert preform; Spearhead form with stem; Matte-textured black, with flecks of brown and conchoidal fractures throughout.

   Record Type: Object

   
2. Point Chisel, c. 1920-1925 - Chisel, Point

   Stoneworking Point, c. 1920-1925. Metal tool for shaping granite, used with a mallet. Tool is a squared spike with a tapered point. The top has a cracked and curved lip from impact with hammer. Point is slightly rounded from use.

   Record Type: Object

   
3. Splitting Chisel, c. 1920 - 1925 - Chisel, Splitting

   Splitters, c. 1920-1925. Three small metal tools used together with a hammer to create holes to split off large pieces of granite. A and C are small tapered pieces, flat on one face and rounded on the other, with sharply curved points. B is a wedge-shaped spike.

   Record Type: Object

   
4. Splitting Chisel, c. 1920 - 1925 - Chisel, Splitting

   Splitters, c. 1920-1925. Three small metal tools used together with a hammer to create holes to split off large pieces of granite. A and C are small tapered pieces, flat on one face and rounded on the other, with sharply curved points. B is a wedge-shaped spike.

   Record Type: Object

   
5. Splitting Chisel, c. 1920-1925 - Chisel, Splitting

   Splitters, c. 1920-1925. Three small metal tools used together with a hammer to create holes to split off large pieces of granite. A and C are small tapered pieces, flat on one face and rounded on the other, with sharply curved points. B is a wedge-shaped spike.

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Stoneworking 4-Point Chisel, c. 1920-1925 - Chisel, Point

   Stoneworking 4-Point, c. 1920-1925. Tool for smoothing granite, paired with airhammer. Tool is a small cylinder with an square head split into four points. Base metal is silver-colored.

   Record Type: Object

   
7. Stoneworking 4-Point Chisel, c. 1920-1925 - Chisel, Point

   Stoneworking 4-point with cross bar, c. 1920-1925. Long metal tool for working granite with an air hammer. Tool is a long handle with a wider cylindrical head and cross bar. The top 3" of the handle are a cylindrical bar, then the rest of the handle is hexagonal. The head is screwed onto the shaft and some treading is visible above the point where they are joined. The head is split at the end into 4 points. The tool has a .25" opening all the way...

   Record Type: Object

   
8. Stoneworking 9-Point Chisel, c. 1920-1925 - Chisel, Point

   Stoneworking 9-Point, c. 1920-1925. Tool for smoothing granite, paired with airhammer. Tool is a small cylinder with an elongated square head. The end of the head is shaped into a 3 x 3 point grid, with articulated points that have been worn down from use. Base metal is a silver color.

   Record Type: Object

   
9. Stoneworking 9-Point Chisel, c. 1920-1925 - Chisel, Point

   Stoneworking 9-Point, c. 1920-1925. Silver-colored metal tool used to smooth the surface of a piece of granite, powered by an air hammer. Tool would be used earlier in the process of working the stone after it had been shaped. Tool has a cylindrical shaft which becomes a wider squared shaft at the halfway point, and is split at the bottom into 9 points arranged in a 3 x 3 grid. The points are blunted from use.

   Record Type: Object

   
10. Stoneworking Air Hammer, c. 1920 - 1925 - Hammer, Stone

    Stoneworking Air Hammer, c. 1920-1925. Silver-colored cylindrical metal tool for shaping and cutting granite. Upper third of tool is a slightly wider cylinder. At the top is a receiving bolt, threaded on the inside, with a nut below it, where it would be attached to its air supply and tightened. Two threaded holes - one in the upper third at a 30 degree angle downward, and the other in the lower third, perpendicular to the sides. Two more holes, ...

    Record Type: Object

    
11. Stoneworking Air Hammer, c. 1920 - 1925 - Hammer, Stone

    Stoneworking Small Air Hammer, c. 1920-1925. Cylindrical metal tool used to direct air against specialized tools for shaping the surface of granite. This particular air hammer would have been used for finishing work, rather than larger shaping. The cylinder has two large grooves close to the bottom and crosshatch texturing along parts of the surface. At the top is a smaller receiving bolt that is threaded on the inside where it would be attached ...

    Record Type: Object

    
12. Stoneworking Air Hammer, c. 1920-1925 - Hammer, Stone

    Stoneworking Air Hammer, c. 1920-1925. Rusted cylindrical iron metal tool for shaping and cutting granite. The main cylinder has 14 in high and has a diameter of 2.25 inches with a whole of approx. 1 inch on the lower base. At the top is a cylindrical hole approximately 1/2 inches diameter. On the side of the top part is a cylindrical hole with approximately 1/2 inches diameter. It has an iron belt on the upper part of the main cylinder which has...

    Record Type: Object

    
13. Stoneworking Bushhammer, c. 1920-1925 - Bushhammer

    Stoneworking Smoothing Tool, c. 1920-1925. Wood-handled metal tool for smoothing stone by hand. Tapered wood handle is fitted into a large metal head. The head is made of 10 bundled rectangular sheets of silver-colored metal that are each tapered at each end - these are held together by two smaller rectangles of the same metal with two arms connecting them on the top and bottom of the head and tightened with four pairs of nuts and bolts.

    Record Type: Object

    
14. Stoneworking Bushhammer, c. 1920-1925 - Bushhammer

    Stoneworking Smoothing Tool, c. 1920-1925. Large silver-colored metal tool with a straight handle, multi-component head, and a swinging arm. The head is a wide, oblong-shape, split in the middle with nine sheets of the same metal protruding forward - the edges of these sheets are used to smooth the surface of a piece of granite. Behind these sheets is a narrow, wedge-shaped bolt driven between the sheets at the other end to create tension and ho...

    Record Type: Object

    
15. Stoneworking Pitching Chisel, c. 1920-1925 - Chisel, Pitching

    Stoneworking Pitching Chisel, c. 1920-1925. Tool for working granite, paired with hammer. Tool is a large cylinder with a wedge-shaped head. Base metal is silver-colored. Top of cylinder is flared and split from hammer impact. Working edge is significantly flattened and chipped, and coated with a hard-set beige foam substance.

    Record Type: Object

    
16. Stoneworking Splitting Chisel, c. 1920-1925 - Chisel, Splitting

    Stoneworking Splitter, c. 1920-1925. Tool for working granite, paired with hammer. Tool is a small squared spike with a wedge-shaped head. Base metal is silver-colored. Top of cylinder is flared and split from hammer impact. Working edge is slighlty flattened.

    Record Type: Object

    
17. Stoneworking Splitting Chisel, c. 1920-1925 - Chisel, Splitting

    Splitter, c. 1920-1925. Metal tool used for splitting granite with a mallet. Tool is a squared spike with a wedge-shaped end and a curved and cracked top from impact with the hammer.

    Record Type: Object

    
18. Stoneworking Splitting Chisel, c. 1920-1925 - Chisel, Straight

    Stoneworking Small Airhammer Splitter, c. 1920-1925. Tool for working granite, paired with airhammer. Tool is a small cylinder with an elongated wedge-shaped head and a sharp edge. Base metal is silver-colored.

    Record Type: Object

    
19. Stoneworking Tooth Chisel, c. 1920-1925 - Chisel, Tooth

    Stoneworking Smoothing Tool, c. 1920-1925. Silver-colored metal tool for smoothing the surface of granite, powered by an air hammer. Shaft of tool is in three parts. The top 2.5" is cylindrical, then middle 5" are squared, and the bottom 4" or so until the head are rectangular. The head widens to a wedge, with the end cut with three channels to make 4 prongs. The prongs are worn and rounded due to use.

    Record Type: Object

    
20. Stoneworking Tooth Chisel, c. 1920-1925 - Chisel, Tooth

    Stoneworking Smoothing Tool, c. 1920-1925. Tool for working granite, paired with airhammer. Tool is a small cylinder with a wedge-shaped head, split laterally. Base metal is silver-colored.

    Record Type: Object

    
21. Stoneworking Tooth Chisel, c. 1920-1925 - Chisel, Tooth

    Stoneworking Smoothing Tool, c. 1920-1925. Tool for working granite, paired with airhammer. Tool is a small cylinder with an elongated flared wedge-shaped head split laterally. Base metal is silver-colored.

    Record Type: Object