Point, Chipped Stone Item Number: 1-976 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Unstemmed chalcedony projectile point. Locality: Univ. of Wash. campus.* Triangular, gray, chert point; slightly concave base. LWA 1-16-96 Note on box containing artifacts: "Mr. Daugherty. These arrow heads were found on the university campus in 1908 when they were clearing for the A of P Exposition. Found by Mattie Lavaque [born?] in 1876 at what is now Normandy Park. Mattie L. Smith, 1348 N. Marion St., Olympia, WA." *This information comes from the original accession ledger.
Geographical Search Terms
King County North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Puget Sound Washington State Western United States Western Washington
Item History
- Collected by Mattie L. Smith on January 1, 1908
What
- Name
- Point, Chipped Stone
- Identification Number
- 1-976
- Type of Item
- chipped stone point
- Material
- chert stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- bifacially flaked and unstemmed
- Overall
- length 2.8 cm, width 2.7 cm, height 0.7 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 5.4 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Mattie L. Smith
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on January 1, 1908
Other
- Accession Number
- 3546
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped