Bowl, Clay Item Number: 2948 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Stone dish.* Fide donor GTE: Stone mortar from Boston Bar. Rounded ovoid spherical cobble, of gray-green vesicular material (vesicles have agates). Center of one side has a deep, rounded depression (depth 10cm, with 6 cm). Some of the surface of depression is dark grey or black. Remarks: Depression in center approx. 3 mm deep. Paint splatters on all sides. Catalogue no.'s have been applied directly to stone in two places. Dark area on inside of depression. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Geographical Search Terms

British Columbia Canada North America Pacific Northwest Plateau

Item History

What

Name
Bowl, Clay
Identification Number
2948
Type of Item
clay bowl
Manufacturing Technique
pecked and ground
Overall
length 20.0 cm, width 18.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 5650.0 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
1
Excavated By
Emmons, George T.
Object Category
Ceramic
Object Sub Category
Clay