Point, Chipped Stone Item Number: Jan-55 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Arrowheads. Locality: Columbia River, near Ellsworth. Number of specimens: Ledger lists 15 (13) written in pencil. 3 stemmed points (2 broken), 3 leaf-shaped points, 4 point fragments, 1 obsidian drill fragment, 1 engraver(?). Ledger lists 13 or 15 objects, however, only 12 were located in Archaeology. *Information comes from original accession ledger.

Geographical Search Terms

Clark County, WA Lower Columbia North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Washington State Western United States Western Washington

Item History

What

Name
Point, Chipped Stone
Identification Number
Jan-55
Type of Item
chipped stone point
Material
chert stone, basalt stone and obsidian stone
Manufacturing Technique
flaked, bifacially flaked, stemmed and unstemmed
Overall
length 0.0 cm, width 0.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 18.1 g

Who

Field Collector
Charles Gauld III

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on January 1, 1938

Other

Accession Number
3072
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
15
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Chipped