Carved stone Identification

[CedarCreek1]

Carved stone Identification help please

I found this stone in an area by my house where some small trees and privet hedge had been pushed up by the roots. It is about 2 1/2 inches wide x 1 1/2 tall x 3/4 inches thick.. it's obviously been carved but i have no idea what it is? Any suggestions?

 

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[Charl]

I don’t think sinew stone. These are more typical of what to expect in the appearance of sinew stones, material is quartzite cobbles.







Since the subject came up earlier of sinew stones possibly not being associated with sinew at all, here is a discussion some of my friends developed on the subject, where the argument was presented that sinew stones represented both a hammering and abrading tool in a knapping kit:

https://forums.arrowheads.com/forum...ite-finds-and-in-situs-gc8/311969-sinew-stone

If one can’t say definitively what the piece in this thread represents, whether a tool, or something else entirely, one can always call it a problematical. They happen, artifacts that resist interpretation. It’s a cool piece, and does resemble steatite, but that’s an easier call in hand.

 

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[quito]

I found this piece years ago. I showed it to a gentleman at the collinsville show and upon seeing it says to me, Sinew stone, Mandan, Arikara.
He didn’t know where I was from at that point but I am a couple hundred miles from their territory in the Dakotas.
He seemed pretty confident.
Prior to this I assumed from the heavy polish top and bottom that it might have been used to grind or rub, and the grooves were for grip.
but now I can see how several strands of sinew could have been tied together and the piece used as a whorl simply spun by hand.
Who knows?