Groundstone Tool Item Number: 1989-57/8-A-268 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Long, narrow shape with asymmetrical blades. One blade is incurvate-incurvate-incurvate. Other blade is incurvate-break-break. Both tip and base have breaks. Faces are flaked. Black. B. Avery 12/2/2003.

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Harold G. Bergen

Geographical Search Terms

Eastern Washington Klickitat County Lower Columbia North America Pacific Northwest Plateau Washington State Western United States

Item History

What

Name
Groundstone Tool
Identification Number
1989-57/8-A-268
Type of Item
groundstone tool
Material
obsidian stone
Manufacturing Technique
flaked and bifacially flaked
Overall
length 3.9 cm, width 1.8 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 2.0 g

Who

Field Collector
Harold G. Bergen

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on January 1, 1963

Other

Accession Number
1989-57
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Ground