Hammerstone Item Number: 1989-59/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Stone pecked hand hammer with flared oblong bottom and knobbed handle at top. Mottled gray in color. Fide Donor: Hammer belonged to donor's uncle, who moved to Seattle in 1940 and died in 1950. This uncle previously lived in Helena, Montana, where he had a cabin in the foothills. Vicky Wyatt, May 1989: Believes this piece to be from the southern Northwest Coast region; age unknown.
Geographical Search Terms
North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Western United States
Item History
- Collected by Ripley J. Hoffman on January 1, 1989
What
- Name
- Hammerstone
- Identification Number
- 1989-59/1
- Type of Item
- hammerstone
- Material
- stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- pecked
- Overall
- length 0.0 cm, width 10.0 cm, height 17.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Ripley J. Hoffman
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on January 1, 1989
Other
- Accession Number
- 1989-59
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 0
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Modified