Atlatl Weight, Stone Item Number: 40/71 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Gray atlatl weight with u-shaped groove. No catalog number was written on the object, and no specific description could be found in Stewart's notes. However, the weight is described as from the "Stewart collection, Washington State Museum, from the Dalles-Deschutes region" in Butler and Osborne, 1959. (L.Phillips, 5/27/97)

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

Item History

What

Name
Atlatl Weight, Stone
Identification Number
40/71
Type of Item
stone atlatl weight
Material
stone
Manufacturing Technique
ground and grooved
Overall
length 6.2 cm, width 3.7 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 151.2 g

Who

Field Collector
Dr. R.E. Stewart

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on November 8, 1905

Other

Accession Number
40
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Ground