Core Item Number: 2592 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Stock piece of water worn boulder.* Fide donor GTE: Stock piece, a water worn boulder. Dug up near Lytton B.C. On one face it shows where four sections have been sawed and wedged off for the making of implements. Jade or nephrite boulder with sections removed. *Information is from the original accession ledger.
Collection Owner
Owned by The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.
Credit Line
Purchase from George T. Emmons
Geographical Search Terms
British Columbia Canada North America Pacific Northwest Plateau
Item History
- Collected by George T. Emmons on November 4, 1909
What
- Name
- Core
- Identification Number
- 2592
- Type of Item
- core
- Material
- boulder stone and jadeite stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- sawn
- Overall
- length 31.75 cm, width 25.4 cm, height 15.24 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 17150.0 g
Who
- Field Collector
- George T. Emmons
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on November 4, 1909
Other
- Accession Number
- 42
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 0
- Excavated By
- Emmons, George T.
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped