Mortar, Stone Item Number: 5246 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Small mortar of volcanic lava. Klickitat County. Wn.* Part of accn 40/266 which states "24 paint cups grave finds in Celilo Island in 1897 & 1899." However, there are 24 objects labelled as "cup" accounted for, this object a "mortar", makes 25. Besides the difference in the label, the ledger does not state "Celilo Island" like the 24 cups. Therefore it is not clear if this is UGG. All 25 objects in Accn:40/266 are from Klickitat County.** *Information is from the original accession ledger. **Information is from the accession file. Round vesicular basalt river cobble with conical depression (2.5 cm deep) in one side. Ledger states that the original number was #266, but that it is merely from Klicktat County, not from Celilo Island. Not marked as UGG. (6/95)

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
Mortar, Stone
Identification Number
5246
Type of Item
stone mortar
Material
stone
Manufacturing Technique
pecked and ground
Overall
length 9.3 cm, width 6.3 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 595.3 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
Excavated By
Stewart, Dr. R. E.
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Ground