Groundstone Tool Item Number: 2004-63/39 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Stone tool is made from quartzite and is ground. Stone tool is also burned from a house fire that occured in the 1950s and is also cracked in several places. (S. Iles 5/5/2004)
Geographical Search Terms
Gulf of Georgia North America Northwest Coast San Juan County Washington State Western United States Western Washington
Credit Line
Gift of Jared FitzGerald and his mother, Margaret Tomkins FitzGerald (NOTE: For Watmough maul base, credit line is: Gift of Jared FitzGerald.)
What
- Name
- Groundstone Tool
- Identification Number
- 2004-63/39
- Type of Item
- groundstone tool
- Material
- quartzite stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- ground and burned
- Overall
- length 12.2 cm, width 5.1 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 414.4 g
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Accession Number
- 2004-63
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 1
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Ground