Adze Blade, Stone Item Number: 1990-41/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Adze blade of greenstone (possibly nephrite). Broken near haft end, flared and sharpened at blade end. Fide donor: Collected by donor's cousin, Rena McFadden Jacobsen Hylak, from Forest, WA., (outside Chehalis, near river confluence on her farm), ca. 1910-1940.
Credit Line
Gift of Robert E. Bowman
Geographical Search Terms
Lewis County Lower Columbia North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Washington State Western United States Western Washington
Item History
- Collected by Rena McFadden Jacobsen Hylak on January 1, 1940
What
- Name
- Adze Blade, Stone
- Identification Number
- 1990-41/1
- Type of Item
- stone adze blade
- Material
- nephrite stone
- Overall
- length 12.3 cm, width 5.8 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Rena McFadden Jacobsen Hylak
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on January 1, 1940
Other
- Accession Number
- 1990-41
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Excavated By
- Bowman, Robert E.
- Excavation Date
- 01/01/1940
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Ground