This is a rare type of Northwest stone maul, typically called a stirrup maul due to its shape. It’s made of heavy granite, and the color is a deep green mixed with grey tones. The last three photos are more accurate on the color, since the first three show slightly over developed in terms of […]
The stone used for the pipe bowl is a deep black-red color. The bowl sets on top of a rectangular base. On the underside of the base are four holes going through a spine with four loops. The bowl fits snugly onto the wood (oak?) stem.
I do not know what to call this type of stone, but it certainly is beautiful, showing much variations within the strata from beige to deep red. Perhaps it’s a type of marble? There are clear signs that this pipe was used with blacking on the outer surfaces and on the inside. The pipe end […]
North America, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Late Triassic, ca. 225 million years ago. The trunk was sliced crossways and sharp 90 degree sides, then highly polished on one of the planar faces to showcase the interior rings of the tree that have fossilized (petrified) into quartz and agate – the minerals that replaced the once […]
