pestle of unknown origin

[MassHunter]

Found this pestle recently at a yard sale among a box of other old wooden items. I am looking to find out what part of the country it came from and\or what tribe(s) may have used one like this. It is a very hard, black stone. I dont know what type. The horn is presumably bison or buffalo. Any thoughts, or comments?

 

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[kuger]

The stone part may be authentic but the cow/steer horn(not Bison)is new and would serve absolutly no function on there

 

[MassHunter]

I have been told the same thing before, Kuger, and I agree to some extent that the horn would not be functional, but what about this? -->Ancient Native American Indian Artifacts, Relics and Arrowheads - Axes & Stone Tools Page 2
About the middle of the page there is one very similar. This is the ONLY other example i have been able to find.

 

[kuger]

Very interesting......couple things though.....Bison horn is Black,and all they had until the white man came was Bison.With the coming of the White man,stone tools were quickly phased out....not to mention any Indian found with any part of a Bovine would be readily killed.I wont say its not possible but again I can see no purpose

 

[MassHunter]

Interesting........

 

[kuger]

....in actuallality I am speaking about the west....I have no idea about the contact period of back east

My functionality concern still exists however

 

[BosnMate]

Every thing kuger said is true, yours is the first I've ever seen, and the one on the web page, I take with a grain of salt. There are a lot of hoax's out there,
and if someone thinks they can make an extra buck, they will do it. Also, worm holes don't mean the horn is old, just worm eaten. I have shot black powder
muzzle loading firearms for years and have a number of powder horns. A couple of powder horns I've made have been repaired with glue because the darn
bugs got to 'em. The horn on the pestel serves absolutely no purpose except looks.