Chisel, Antler Item Number: 2562 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
One nephrite chisel fragment, possible adze core. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Stock piece of opaque green jade. Fraser River 6 miles above Lytton B.C. Fide donor GTE: Stock piece of a rather opaque green color which shows four cutting faces and one broken ridge from which a section has been cut. Dug up on an old village site near Stein Creek on the Fraser River about six miles above Lytton on the north bank of the river.
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
- Chisel, Antler
- Identification Number
- 2562
- Type of Item
- antler chisel
- Material
- nephrite stone
- Overall
- length 19.05 cm, width 5.08 cm, height 2.54 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
- Bone/Antler/Ivory
- Object Sub Category
- Antler, Modified