Adze Core, Stone Item Number: 2589 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
One nephrite adze core. L. St Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Stock piece of bluish green. Fraser River six miles above Lytton, B.C. Fide donor GTE: Stock piece of a bluish green color showing where a section has been cut and wedged off, and where a cutting groove has been commenced. Dug up on an old living site near Stein Creek where it empties into the Fraser River, about six miles above Lytton, B.C.
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
- 2589
- Type of Item
- stone adze core
- Material
- nephrite stone
- Overall
- length 10.79 cm, width 6.98 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