Point, Chipped Stone Item Number: 2.5E923 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
A long,narrow (3.5 cm. wide) triangular shaped flaked obsidian point. Sides of point are notched 2 cms.from base. Notches are 8 cm. deep and U-shaped. Despite soil residues, point shows no signs of use. Subgroup: Columbia Slough, b/w Willamette R. & Columbia R.
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Dixon Wright
Geographical Search Terms
Columbia River Lower Columbia Multnomah County North America Northwest Coast Oregon Pacific Northwest Western United States
Item History
- Collected by Don A. Rockwood on February 9, 1982
What
- Name
- Point, Chipped Stone
- Identification Number
- 2.5E923
- Type of Item
- chipped stone point
- Material
- obsidian stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- chipped, flaked and notched
- Overall
- length 10.2 cm, width 3.5 cm, height 0.2 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 27.75 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Don A. Rockwood
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on February 9, 1982
Other
- Accession Number
- 1982-12
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Excavated By
- Wright, Dixon M.
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped