Squirrel or beaver effigy?

Freemindedclark · Oct 1, 2017

Tony in SC · Oct 1, 2017

Could be natural?

jmaschal · Oct 1, 2017

Can I show other angles around the curves? Admit was suspicious of the title of the post but piece looks interesting.

rock · Oct 1, 2017

of course its natural

The Grim Reaper · Oct 1, 2017

Tony in SC said:
Could be natural?

Could be?? There's no doubt in my mind it's natural.

jonesy · Oct 1, 2017

not a flake or mark on it.....natural

Wampum · Oct 1, 2017

The lack of flakes or marks does not mean this is not man made. Catlinite effigies are perfect examples. Many native stone tools and adornments are ground. As for this I don't know without seeing more angles or knowing if it comes from a confirmed NA site. If it was just found at random with no nearby native stuff I would say probably not. If it was found near NA stuff I would say a solid maybe. If it was catlinite I would say probably.

The Grim Reaper · Oct 1, 2017

Sorry, shouldn't have posted that.

arrow86 · Oct 1, 2017

Maybe it's native American brass knuckles or I guess stone knuckles

jmaschal · Oct 1, 2017

I have doubts (a lot) but the round humps have me interested in seeing more pictures. Would like more context of where found. Every time I see title effigy always skeptical but shape is odd. I def would have picked this up if at a site to ask for second looks. Like to see if any marks around edges of the humps

Freemindedclark · Oct 1, 2017

It was found on the 7 mile creek in an area hopping with artifacts. I will get more pics. Natural. Lol.

filmiracl · Oct 1, 2017

Natural.

Charl · Oct 1, 2017

I would have liked to see the interior surfaces of the indentations as well. How can I know if those indentations have not been pecked and ground in if I can't even see them?? Sure it's likely natural, but I've been collecting for 60 years and I have found many rudimentary waterworn notched weights because I picked up a "possibility" and was able to detect pecking in or around the notches even though waterworn. Of course this is not a notched weight nor a squirrel effigy. But I would have picked it up to more closely examine the notches, which, again, do not show their interior surfaces in these photos. And I don't think I would need to take up stamp collecting just because I wanted to satisfy my curiosity....

unclemac · Oct 1, 2017

look at it this way...if someone took the great amount of time to fashion that stone, with all the pecking, grinding and smoothing....they would have taken the short amount of extra time to make it obvious as an effigy.