double grooved corn grinder

[intensecrasher]

This is my favorite corn grinder, found in Minnesota. I have no idea of why it has two grooves all the way around it. My only thought is that it was once a double grooved hammer and was re-purposed into a grinder? What are your thoughts on this?

 

[rock]

So what type of material is it?

 

[intensecrasher]

I'm not sure Rock, It is very hard and could be granite? I will try to get some better pictures. For some reason they have been coming out dark lately.

 

[intensecrasher]

So what type of material is it?

I just replaced the pictures with lighter images.

 

[rock]

I havent found a pecked piece in so long that it would be hard for me to even say. But it looks more like a biscuit discodial to me than a grinder but it does show use wear on it.

 

[intensecrasher]

It is a little hard to see the grooves in the pictures but in person they are well defined. Forgot to add that it did come from a site that produced a killer double grooved axe. I would post pictures of that but my lucky brother found it...

 

[intensecrasher]

I havent found a pecked piece in so long that it would be hard for me to even say. But it looks more like a biscuit discodial to me than a grinder but it does show use wear on it.

It is close to perfectly round. The flat grinding side is almost perfectly smooth and polished.

 

[catherine1]

I have something similar. Corn grinder, mano what have you!! To bad the government made American Indians forget their heritage. Just like they are labeling Christians as hate groups and terrorists. You guys see a pattern forming. I mean wanting the US to be a service economy? To serve WHO?

 

[Tnmountains]

Great pictures as well on those. Did you shoot in a light tent or box?

 

[painterx7]

Sweet find boss !!!!!

 

[intensecrasher]

Great pictures as well on those. Did you shoot in a light tent or box?

No i didn't use a light box. I just shot on white paper and adjusted the background color slightly in photo shop. I do have a light box but it is a homemade job and is kind of a pain to use.

 

[fongu]

They worked hard for their food. Nice grinder.

 

[discoidal roller]

Looks like a "tuned" chunkey stone to me. Whats the diameter?

 

[intensecrasher]

Looks like a "tuned" chunkey stone to me. Whats the diameter?

Diameter is exactly 4 inches and the height is 2 and a quarter inches. The bottom is perfectly flat and shows signs that it was used for many many years as a grinding stone. It has the same characteristics on the flat bottom as all of my other grinding stones. It is smooth and polished from wear while the rest of the stone is rough. There are also several areas where the groves show some polish.

 

[Jon Stewart]

I have read where mano's were used around the camp for other purposes besides grinding grains. Maybe the edge was used as a shaft straightener.