Cat effigy?

[TEXAS DIGGER]

So a cat i know ( no pun intended..) dug this out of a camp.. i told him id post it and see if anyone has any thoughts on it.... well.. i know its kinda creepy, but what yall think.. ever seen anything like it before? And whats the deal with the tally marks?.. number of cat sacrifices? lol.
thanks
TD.

[Indianasmith]

Very interesting. Could we get some different angle views on it?

[TEXAS DIGGER]

um, i could ask him to send me more.. but it probably wont be for a bit.

[Mud Hawk]

Yeah man that is pretty creepy. I like it though!!!!!!

Also,tell your friend to be careful of what he/she photographs... SELEX ("Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment") Too much info yes?

Edit:
Sorry, prepaid Visa SELEX logo.

[TEXAS DIGGER]

i don't know what that means.. and now i don't think i want to.. lets focus on the cat head here... LOL.

[IowaCollector]

Could be a turtle???

[jhaberer]

TD

It is used as a shaft straightener. The rock is heated and the grooves help hold the shaft as they bend the kinks to straighten the shaft.

john h

[Mud Hawk]

Those tally marks definately don't look natural. Native keeping score of whitey's scalps? Whatever they meant, looks like the last high score was 4.

[Mud Hawk]

jhaberer, never heard of that method. I have only seen the long groove type shaft straighteners. Nice info. Thank you!

[Jay R]

John is correct. You usually find these associated with middle to late archaic campsites. I have found several over the years. The cat head look is incidental to the the scribed lines. Not many of those found. Good eyes! Jay