Adze Core, Stone Item Number: 2551 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
One nephrite adze core. L. St. Kitts 05/14/2009 Led: Stock piece of translucent green jade. Found on Fraser River 10 miles above Lytton, B.C. Fide donor GTE: A stock piece of jade of a translucent green veined with a darker green. It has been worked smooth on both broader faces, and on one side shows a shallow groove, broken about. It was found on the site of an old living place on a plateau or bench on the north bank of the Frazer River [sic] ten miles above the mouth of the Thompson River, British Columbia.
Geographical Search Terms
British Columbia Canada Fraser River North America Northwest Coast Plateau
Credit Line
Purchase from George T. Emmons
Collection Owner
Owned by The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.
Item History
- Collected by George T. Emmons on November 4, 1909
What
- Name
- Adze Core, Stone
- Identification Number
- 2551
- Type of Item
- stone adze core
- Material
- nephrite stone
- Overall
- length 16.51 cm, width 12.7 cm, height 3.81 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g
Who
- Field Collector
- George T. Emmons
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on November 4, 1909
Other
- Accession Number
- 42
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Excavated By
- Emmons, George T.
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Ground