Abrader, Stone Item Number: 4813 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Arrow straightener of sandstone.* Sandstone abrader, grooved longitudinally on one side; other side has five latitudinally incised lines, one at center (approximately 3.7cm from end) and two at each end (3mm and 8 mm from the end). Note found with artifact states, "arrow straightener, prob. King - Young Nat. Soc." No information regarding location found in catalog ledger or accession file. We assigned it a location of NW Coast because in the catalog ledger the 4800 series artifacts are labeled as NW Coast. SKH 1/19/96 *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Credit Line

Gift of Young Naturalist's Society

Geographical Search Terms

North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Western United States