Graver Item Number: 1989-57/8-A-174 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Rounded excurvate bulb shape with slightly pointed base. Top half is made of two opposite concave sides that funnel to a fine point. Tip is flat. All edges are flaked,and faces flatened. Red, with orange transluncent areas. B.Avery 11/18/2003.

Geographical Search Terms

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

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Harold G. Bergen

Item History

What

Name
Graver
Identification Number
1989-57/8-A-174
Type of Item
graver
Material
chert stone
Manufacturing Technique
flaked and bifacially flaked
Overall
length 7.8 cm, width 4.5 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 29.7 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, Chipped