Wooden Tool Item Number: 45KT20/1966-95/18 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Wooden tool found with tag 45-KI-8/50. Artifact was found with other artifacts from 45KT20. Tag does not correspond with the object description in Field Catalog Form. Artifact is pictured in Swanson 1962 Figure 30i and described as, "cedar awl, lower remains". Artifact is described further in Swanson 1962 on page 58, A. Shelter 8B: The Lower Remains #4: "Cedar awl, tapered at one end, flat with rounded edges at the other end. It shows evidence of exposure to fire. Length 2.20 in.; width, .71 in.; thickness, .12in. Fig. 30i." No corresponding description was found in the Field Catalog Form or Artifact Record Notebook. It has been assigned cat. #45KT20/1966-95/18 by the Burke. Z. Garcia Morales, 03/08/2011.

Collection Owner

Owned by the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Geographical Search Terms

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