Knife, Chipped Stone Item Number: 2004-63/48 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Knife is made from slate and is ground. Knife is broken into two pieces, labeled "a" and "b". Pieces fit together perfectly. Contains two bags. Dimensions for "a" are listed first. Bag stated: "Found in 1961," "surface site," "base of midden bank," "Mud Bay," "Lopez Island." (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.)
Dimension Details
L:9.100 cm, Weight:61.100 gr, W:8.200 cm
Item History
- Collected by Jared FitzGerald on January 1, 1961
What
- Name
- Knife, Chipped Stone
- Identification Number
- 2004-63/48
- Type of Item
- chipped stone knife
- Material
- slate stone
- Manufacturing Technique
- ground
- Overall
- length 9.4 cm, width 5.6 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 31.1 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Jared FitzGerald
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on January 1, 1961
Other
- Accession Number
- 2004-63
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 2
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped