Point, Chipped Stone Item Number: 1999-97/27 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
An orange chalcedony corner-notched point with a broken tang. The tip and base are also broken. The point was boxed with a note which says: "This arrowhead understood to be from between Vantage and Rocky Reach on the Columbia River, in Washington." and "Small Carnelian Arrowhead Locality: Columbia River" "Laurence Tyler August 2, 1975 M.st-piece" KJG February 2000
Geographical Search Terms
Eastern Washington Kittitas County Middle Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States
Item History
- Collected by Laurence Tyler on August 2, 1975
What
- Name
- Point, Chipped Stone
- Identification Number
- 1999-97/27
- Type of Item
- chipped stone point
- Material
- chalcedony stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- flaked, bifacially flaked and corner-notched
- Overall
- length 1.9 cm, width 1.4 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.9 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Laurence Tyler
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on August 2, 1975
Other
- Accession Number
- 1999-97
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped