Point, Chipped Stone Item Number: 5697 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Stemmed, shouldered and barbed arrow-heads (black). 2 traded to CMNH.* Previous count of tools was 82, of which only one can be located. This is a basally notched chert point, 1.8 cm long, 1.4 cm wide, and .5 grams in weight. (6/95). NOTE: At least one point loaned to Washington State Parks and determined to be lost while on loan- R. Andrews 9/18/1995. One obsidian projectile point was returned to the museum from the U.W. anthropology department. It is shouldered with a tapered stem. Catalog number on artifact has partially worn off; it could be 5697 or 5698, but has been assigned #5697 (L. Phillips 1/28/1997). One black chert, basally notched projectile point with a convex base was located at Fort Okanogan Interpretive Center on 4/18/2007. K. Meyers 5/08/2007. *Information is from the original accession ledger.
Purchase from Dr. R. E. Stewart
Flags: Parts Gone | Lost Loan
Eastern Washington Klickitat County Lower Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States
Thickness:0.351 cm