Knife, Chipped Stone Item Number: 2854 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Sandstone knife.* Fide donor GTE: Portion of a very coarse sandstone knife used for sawing jade, serpentine and other stone boulders to procure sections for making celts and chisels. Found on the surface of the sand hill across the Thompson from Lytton. *Information is from the original accession ledger.
Geographical Search Terms
British Columbia Canada North America Pacific Northwest Plateau
Item History
- Collected by George T. Emmons on September 18, 1913
What
- Name
- Knife, Chipped Stone
- Identification Number
- 2854
- Type of Item
- chipped stone knife
- Material
- sandstone stone
- Overall
- length 0.0 cm, width 0.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g
Who
- Field Collector
- George T. Emmons
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on September 18, 1913
Other
- Accession Number
- 870
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 0
- Excavated By
- Emmons, George T.
- Excavation Date
- 01/01/1913
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped