Modified Stone Item Number: 4688 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Stone sharpener.* Cresent Harbor, Whidbey Island, Wn.* Ground Stone Tool, does not appear to be a sharpening device as said in the accn. file but does appear to be modified in some fashion. Object is a dark gray slightly triangular oblong shaped modified stone that has been ground (worn?) flat and smooth on its long narrow sides has a triangular groove ground into one of the broad sides. S. Hood 3/21/2006 *Information is from the original accession ledger. **Information is from the accession file.
Geographical Search Terms
Island County North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Puget Sound Washington State Western United States Western Washington
Credit Line
Gift of Young Naturalist's Society
Item History
- Collected by Young Naturalists' Society on November 1, 1904
What
- Name
- Modified Stone
- Identification Number
- 4688
- Type of Item
- modified stone
- Material
- stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- worked
- Overall
- length 16.0 cm, width 4.0 cm, height 2.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Young Naturalists' Society
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on November 1, 1904
Other
- Accession Number
- 190
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Excavated By
- Buzby, I. W.
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Modified