Adze Core, Stone Item Number: 2579 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
One nephrite adze core. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Section of bright green jade, 6 miles above Lytton, B.C. Fide donor GTE: Large flat section of bright green jade showing two cutting grooves and a broken side the length of one of the narrower faces. Found on an old living site at the mouth of Stein Creek, emptying into the Fraser River about six miles above Lytton. Green nephrite or jade oblong cobble; flat with rought major surfaces. All peripheral surfaces are smoothed (three are assumed to be smoothed by natural processes; the fourth has two saw marks running the length of the object, with a strip of rought surface in between).
Credit Line
Purchase from George T. Emmons
Geographical Search Terms
British Columbia Canada Fraser River North America Northwest Coast Plateau
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
- 2579
- Type of Item
- stone adze core
- Material
- nephrite stone
- Overall
- length 4.3 cm, width 17.0 cm, height 6.35 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 9000.0 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