Spear Point, Stone

Item number 5675 from the The Burke: University of Washington.

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Description

Chipped leaf-shaped spear heads (concave base).* One point was loaned to Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County (Rocky Reach Dam). The object cannot be located. NOTE: determined to be lost while on loan- R. Andrews 9/18/1995. Ledger Remarks: 2 traded to CMNH. Numbers of specimens in upper left hand corner (of ledger) were entered by Frank Barnett who checked the material in 1939 working as a volunteer. The other ledger number was 8. Previous count on computer was 4, now there are five chert bifaces with this catalog number (6/95). NOTE: One point (5675 f) was loaned to Washington State Parks and determined to be lost while on loan. R.Andrews 9/15/1995. This point (5675f) was returned to the Burke by WSPPRC on 4/20/2006 The other point for this catalogy number were numbered 5675a through 5675f with L. Beaudoen 5/22/2006 *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Credit Line

Purchase from Dr. R. E. Stewart

Geographical Search Terms

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

Notes

Flags: Parts Gone | Lost Loan

Dimension Details

f:weight(Returned by WSPRC 4/20/2006), f:length(5675f Returned by WSPRC 4/20/2006), f:width(5675f Returned by WSPRC 4/20/2006), Weight:16.300 gr, a:Weight(5675a), a:6.600 cm, a:Length(5675a), a:2.900 cm, a:Width(5675a), Weight:18.000 gr, b:Weight(5675b), b:6.000 cm, b:Length(5675b), b:2.900 cm, b:Width(5675b), Weight:14.400 gr, c:Weight(5675c), c:6.000 cm, c:Length(5675c), c:2.900 cm, c:Width(5675c), Weight:5.600 gr, d:weight(5675d), d:5.100 cm, d:Length(5675d), d:2.100 cm, d:Width(5675d), Weight:11.400 gr, e:Weight(5675e), e:5.600 cm, e:Length(5675e), e:2.900 cm, e:Width(5675e)

Item History

What

Name
Spear Point, Stone
Identification Number
5675
Type of Item
stone spear point
Material
chert stone
Manufacturing Technique
bifacially flaked
Overall
length 11.0 cm, width 2.9 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 26.6 g

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

Who

Field Collector
Dr. R.E. Stewart

When

Collection Date
on November 8, 1905

Other

Accession Number
40
Classification
Parts Gone Lost Loan
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
6
Excavated By
Stewart, Dr. R. E.
Status
Parts Gone
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Chipped

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