native american pestles

[dansalata]

found on a job im doing here in northern calif..im pretty sure they are pestles as i found one years ago bottle diggin and had it authenticated,these look very close to the same...glad im alwways looking for stuff even in a resedential setting,the homeowners were kind enough to let me have them...

 

[unclemac]

no doubt...nice finds

 

[unclemac]

...and you know...finding 2 in the same place would make me look even harder in the same spot.

 

[dansalata]

a little update,the big one is called a mano used to roll horizontally over a flat stone called metate..i think the broken one is a pestle use vertically in a stone bowl...thanks for lookin!!!

 

[g-olden years]

You can use the mano to flatten dough to make your own tortillas! In one of our historical gardens, kids learn to do this, then eat what they bake in the horno.

Andi

 

[dansalata]

lol...my teeth my teeth!!!