Adze, Stone Item Number: 1999-97/20 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Light brown adze blade made out of igneous (granite?) rock. The adze blade was stored with a note on which was typed: "Whidbey Island, Washington artifact (knife?) July 1945 Mr. Vander Woude gift" 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 Vander Woude on July 1, 1945
What
- Name
- Adze, Stone
- Identification Number
- 1999-97/20
- Type of Item
- stone adze
- Material
- crystalline volcanic rock
- Manufacturing Technique
- polished and ground
- Overall
- length 9.2 cm, width 5.1 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 222.0 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Vander Woude
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on July 1, 1945
Other
- Accession Number
- 1999-97
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Ground