Stone Spokeshave or Spur

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Title

Stone Spokeshave or Spur

Subject

Artifacts

Description

This multi-purpose stone tool could have been a scraper, spokeshave (a woodworking tool), or a graving spur (a hideworking and generalized cutting tool). It was found at a Middle to Late Woodland site in Orange County in the northern Piedmont region.

Source

Bill Speiden

Date

500 B.C.E. - 1600 C.E.

Format

.JPG, 1783 × 1203

Type

Image

Coverage

Orange County

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

4 x 6 "

Files

44OR_Speiden_scraper_spokeshave.jpg

Citation

“Stone Spokeshave or Spur,” Virginia Indian Archive, accessed September 24, 2023, https://virginiaindianarchive.org/items/show/477.

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