Need help IDing this possible Native American artifact

[frogginfish]

Need help ID'ing this possible Native American artifact

I found this approx. 3 years ago in a pile of river rock that was laid around the perimeter of my house. Not sure where the rock was retrieved but I thought this piece was interesting looking. Sorry for the not-so clear pictures. I have it stored away in a box due to moving so I can't get another pic of it right now. Its approx. 4 inches in length. What caught my eye was that it had sort of a flat bottom to it and a distinct groove that goes all the away around it as you can see. I tried to do as much research as I could do but found little that looked similar. I thought it could have been a bird stone but definitely not polished enough. Or maybe its nothing but a rock.

 

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[mcb66]

It does appear artificially abraded. Tough call. The 3/4 groove is usually seen on axes. Not sure what this is. The grain of the stone does not appear to run in the direction you would expect for a naturally occurring formation like this.

 

[WVARelics]

Sorry, that first picture made me blow coffee out my nose.
Sorta looks like a phallus...

 

[yaxthri]

Sorta looks like a phallus...

"Hehehehehehehehe, he wrote "phallus", hehehahahahaha"....

 

[swiftfan]

Sorry, that first picture made me blow coffee out my nose.
Sorta looks like a phallus...

That's what I thought too...lol!! But maybe the head of a war club

 

[frogginfish]

As soon as I read WVARelics comment, I nearly fell out of my seat laughing! I never saw it in that fashion until now....whoa. Man, if that's the case, I wonder if there is any residual DNA evidence left behind...lol

 

[JOHUNT]

The 2nd and 4th pics have me thinking you have some sort of tool

 

[BosnMate]

Being an X sailor, you got to know what my first thought was, and then reading down it was reinforced. Guess I'm a dirty old man, but it don't look like a hammer, it looks like a hangy down tool.

 

[skeeterd]

Try the artifact forum. It looks to symetrical to be just a rock. Interesting find!

 

[Archeodeb]

Sorry, that first picture made me blow coffee out my nose.
Sorta looks like a phallus...

My first thought exactly! Second thought is kind of bizarre. It looks like a shoe last. You know? Those forms that they use to form shoes over so they make a specific size. I wonder if heating a foot-shaped stone might have been a good way to shape leather or dry wet shoes? Just a thought.

 

[nhbenz]

I was thinking it had to have something to so with shoes as well. Here's a somewhat similar item, from a relatively close place; Stone Age Shoe Last 2 Piece Primitive Rock Shoelast Moccasin Mold | eBay