Knife Item Number: 2021.O.002:003 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre

Description

A small unifacially bevelled slate knife, with a sharpened edge. Both dorsal/ventral faces show signs of being polished down smooth. The belonging is a medium grey with a fine grain, and some streaks of tan and russet throughout. On the dorsal face, the opposite side of the unifacial bevelled edge is jagged. The ventral face has a compression ripple near the jagged edge.

Provenance

No provenance - Collected from Fraser Valley/Vancouver Island/Northwest Coast.

Item History

What

Name
Knife
Identification Number
2021.O.002:003
Type of Item
knife
Material
slate
Overall
length 5.735 cm, width 3.151 cm

Who

Field Collector
Ken Pugh

Where

Holding Institution
Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Collected in
“Unknown” ?

Other

Homeloc
Sto:lo Material Culture Repository
Site
Fraser Valley/Vancouver Island/Northwest