Scraper, Stone Item Number: W1/9/560 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Brown, opaque, fan shpaed, distal end is convex end, and is unifacially retouched into endscraper (with a few flakeds on ventral face.) Each of the straight edges is bifacially worked into cutting eges, and show wear. These straight edges converge to a point that has been made into a burin.

Geographical Search Terms

Eastern Washington Klickitat County Lower Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States

Item History

What

Name
Scraper, Stone
Identification Number
W1/9/560
Type of Item
stone scraper
Material
chert stone
Manufacturing Technique
triple edged
Overall
length 3.0 cm, width 2.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 4.0 g

Who

Field Collector
Warren Caldwell

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on January 1, 1953

Other

Accession Number
1966-86
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Site Number
45-KL-26
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Chipped