This unusual find is one of the least studied and least known in the world. At the same time, no one hides it, but they do not study it either; it has simply been lying unnecessary for more than a hundred years on a museum shelf.
This stone "egg" was discovered quite by accident in 1872.
Workers dug holes for the fence of a private house in the town of Meredith near Lake Winnipesaukee, and one of them dug this amazing object.
The purpose of this "egg" is still unknown, it was carved from quartzite (a very hard stone), 10 centimeters high and 6 centimeters wide. Weighs 510 grams.
The surface of the "egg" is very smoothly processed and has a variety of patterns and symbols.
The largest drawing depicts a face, on the sides of which is drawn an ear of corn, under which is depicted something resembling a deer leg, and an Indian wigwam, under which is drawn an even empty circle. There are some arrow-shaped symbols carved from the back side.
At first, this "egg" was kept by the owner of the house - a wealthy merchant Seneca Ladd, and after 1892 the artifact passed to his daughter Francis, who in 1927 gave it to the Museum of the Historical Society of New Hampshire, where it is still gathering dust.
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Since it is not known from what depth this artifact was dug and in what archaeological layer it lay, its dating was impossible. The style of stone processing also proved impossible to determine which culture it belongs to.
The fact is that nothing like this has yet been found in the New World. This style of stone processing and drawings is not particularly similar to the style of the Olmecs, or the Incas, Aztecs and other pre-Columbian civilizations. Local Indian tribes, too, have not done anything similar in their history.
Also, in the upper and lower parts of the "egg" there are very small holes that could have been technologically made with drills, but not in the pre-Columbian era, and not earlier than the 19th and 20th centuries.
Because of this, some consider the "egg" a remake and / or a fake. Why would anyone purposely make an ancient artifact and drill these holes that would have been impossible to make with ancient tools?