Point, Chipped Stone Item Number: 1999-97/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Black obsidian, stemmed point. The based of the point is broken. The point was wrapped in paper on which was noted: "Arrowhead Whidbey Island, Washington Black pitchy obsidian Herman Wanamaker Gift December 10, 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 Herman Wanamaker on December 10, 1944
What
- Name
- Point, Chipped Stone
- Identification Number
- 1999-97/1
- Type of Item
- chipped stone point
- Material
- obsidian stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- flaked, bifacially flaked and stemmed
- Overall
- length 6.0 cm, width 2.9 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 16.6 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Herman Wanamaker
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on December 10, 1944
Other
- Accession Number
- 1999-97
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped