Ancient Indian bowl

[BOXING63]

This ancient indian bowl was used for mashing grains to be cooked . This stone came from indian territory in the Kansas or Arkansas area someone said its called a metate. its measures 10"x 11"x 4" what could somethig like this cost plesae help on info... Thank you

[Tnmountains]

What ever a percpective buyer is willing to pay. They are not very rare but the concentric rings are kinda new, to me. I like it. I saw some dealers at a show buy a huge nut stone from a kid for peanuts and sell it in an hour for a hundred. So is the game.

[Rockiologist]

Here is a link with a bowl sim to the one you posted. It took me awhile to find one that had the same marks around the inside but there is one on this link. They have it listed at three hundred however it has the pestle with it.


http://www.westernartifacts.com/tools.htm

[naturegirl]

A Nutting stone I have has the same rings. I kinda think it is just natural erosion of the sandstone because the lines are on the outside of the stones too. but I don't know 'fer sure'

That's a cool artifact.

[Rege-PA]

Nature girl is right...the concentric rings are caused by different hardness's in the sand stone layers, some erode quicker leaving a stepped or ring pattern. When it was in use this bowl was smooth inside, it must have been exposed to the elements for some time and is quite old to weather out so.