Point, Chipped Stone Item Number: 1989-57/8-A-447 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Sword-like point with parallel excurvate-incurvate blades. Protruding barb on one side above corner indentation with rectangle shoulders. Other side has less of a barb, and flake scars on blade making it irregular. Straight base. Translucent orange. B. Avery, 02/12/2004.

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
Point, Chipped Stone
Identification Number
1989-57/8-A-447
Type of Item
chipped stone point
Material
chert stone
Manufacturing Technique
flaked, bifacially flaked, barbed and lanceolate
Overall
length 5.1 cm, width 1.5 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 2.3 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