Knife Item Number: 2021.O.002:018 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Description
A medium sized semi-lunar knife. The belonging is a smooth, glassy black with a very fine grain. The dorsal face has an impact site on the distal end with a negative bulb on the opposite side of the fine hooked point, resulting in a clean break with very light compression ripples. The ventral face has two flake ridges/bilateral bevelled edges and some compression ripples. The hooked point is fine, sharp, and moderately thin. Some potential use-wear present.
Provenance
No provenance - Collected from Fraser Valley/Vancouver Island/Northwest Coast.
Item History
- Collected by Ken Pugh
What
- Name
- Knife
- Identification Number
- 2021.O.002:018
- Type of Item
- knife
- Material
- fine-grain volcanic
- Overall
- length 4.345 cm, width 3.352 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