Bone Tool Item Number: SJ186/67 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Ground and polished mammal bone tool missing both ends, wider end is pointed, 2 cut marks approximately 3 centimeters from pointed end. This artifact has no field form nor was it mentioned in Carlson's 1954 thesis. Any provenience information was taken off the artifact itself. R. Williams 2/4/98

Geographical Search Terms

Gulf of Georgia North America Northwest Coast San Juan County Washington State Western United States Western Washington

Item History

What

Name
Bone Tool
Identification Number
SJ186/67
Type of Item
bone tool
Material
bone
Manufacturing Technique
ground and polished
Overall
length 9.3 cm, width 1.2 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 7.3 g

Who

Field Collector
Carroll Burroughs

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on January 1, 1949

Other

Accession Number
3649
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Site Number
45-SJ-186
Object Category
Bone/Antler/Ivory
Object Sub Category
Bone, Modified