Awl, Bone Item Number: 1-10553 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Bone awl. Locality: Fish River, Clallam Co., Wash.* Bone Implement, Spear head: 1-10552, 1-10553. Objects found in railway cut along Fish River near Pysht, Clallam Co. Wn. under bed of clam shells. There is a hand drawn map of the site in the accession file. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Geographical Search Terms

Clallam County North America Northwest Coast Olympic Peninsula Pacific Northwest Washington State Western United States Western Washington

Notes

Other Number: Accn. 1138, on opposite side there is a partial number barely visible begins with 10

Item History

What

Name
Awl, Bone
Identification Number
1-10553
Type of Item
bone awl
Material
bone
Manufacturing Technique
ground
Overall
length 8.6 cm, width 1.2 cm, height 1.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g

Who

Field Collector
R. S. Parker

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on May 24, 1916

Other

Accession Number
1138
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Object Category
Bone/Antler/Ivory
Object Sub Category
Bone, Modified