Point, Chipped Stone Item Number: 1999-97/2 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Black obsidian, stemmed point. The tip of the point is broken. The point was wrapped in paper on which was noted: "Spearhead Whidbey Island, Washington Black obsidian John Le Sourd Gift December 15, 1944" KJG February 2000
Geographical Search Terms
Island County North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Puget Sound Washington State Western United States Western Washington
Item History
- Collected by John Le Sourd on December 15, 1944
What
- Name
- Point, Chipped Stone
- Identification Number
- 1999-97/2
- Type of Item
- chipped stone point
- Material
- obsidian stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- flaked, bifacially flaked and stemmed
- Overall
- length 7.5 cm, width 3.9 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 42.7 g
Who
- Field Collector
- John Le Sourd
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on December 15, 1944
Other
- Accession Number
- 1999-97
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped