Digging Stick Handle, Antler
Item number 1980-88/5 from the The Burke: University of Washington.
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Description
One half of a digging stick handle, broken at hole where digging stick would be inserted. One surface is decorated with two sets of three isosceles triangular patterns. These triangles are in filled with between 8 and 12 parallel rows of 2mm hatch marks. The stacked sets of triangles are separated by three sets of two parallel grooves carved parallel to the bases of the triangles. The opposite surface is decorated with two grooves (approx. 3mm in width) that continue from one end of the handle to the hole (described above). Northwest Coast/Plateau.
Geographical Search Terms
North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Washington State Western United States
Collection Owner
Owned by the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, WA.
Notes
Attempts to determine the accession number for this object have been unsuccesful. In June 2004 we researched the following documents and databases: 1) ARGUS accession and catalog records were searched using keywords: "digging," "wedge," and "antler." Objects assigned "missing" in the flag field for Ethnology and Archaeology were also reviewed. 2) Images in all volumes of the publication "Washington Archaeologist" and "Screenings" were reviewed. 3) Douglas Osborne's correspondence files were reviewed. Note that the Found in Collection Accn. 1980-88 lists this object as an antler haft. L. Phillips, 6/24/2004.
What
- Name
- Digging Stick Handle, Antler
- Identification Number
- 1980-88/5
- Type of Item
- antler digging stick handle
- Material
- antler
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved
- Overall
- length 10.949 cm, width 3.648 cm, height 2.255 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 41.45 g
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Accession Number
- 1980-88
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Object Category
- Bone/Antler/Ivory
- Object Sub Category
- Antler, Modified
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