Groundstone Tool Item Number: 3757B from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Broken end of stone war club from near Pontiac, King County, WA, on shores of Lake Washington.* Base of stone maul/pestle; pecked, edge-battered; diamond-cut cross-section sample removed from broken end of shaft (by unknown person possibly for analysis?). Diameter of base = 8.0cm, diameter of shaft = 5.0cm. LSP, 1/11/96. All location and accession information on this file is most likely incorrect due to a mislabel of the artifact. No definite information is known about this artifact. The location and accession information listed here is associated with cat#3757a. 01/17/96 LM *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Geographical Search Terms

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Item History

What

Name
Groundstone Tool
Identification Number
3757B
Type of Item
groundstone tool
Material
stone
Manufacturing Technique
ground and pecked
Overall
length 8.3 cm, width 8.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 680.1 g

Who

Field Collector
John G. Mathews Jr.

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on January 8, 1926

Other

Accession Number
2105
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Ground