Adze Core, Stone Item Number: 2537 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Stock piece of light green jade. Fraser River above Lytton, B.C.* Fide donor GTE: Stock piece of jade found on an old village site on the north bank of the Frazer River [sic] above Lytton, British Columbia, where Stein Creek joins the Frazer River [sic]. It shows where two sections have been cut and wedged off. It is of a light green jade veined with a yellowish green. It shows evidence of having been a water worn boulder. Artifact was returned to the Burke Museum by Cindy Farr (Washington State Parks) on 12/2/2004. It had been on loan to WSPRC since the 1960s and was displayed in Sacajewa State Park interpretive center. SWD 12/6/2004 *Information is from the original accession ledger.
British Columbia Canada Fraser River North America Pacific Northwest Plateau
Purchase from George T. Emmons
Owned by The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.