Wedge Item Number: 2021.O.002:280 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre

Description

A medium sized stone wedge, it's dark grey with some lighter grey and brown mottling, tiny white speckles and a fine grain. It is thicker on the squared off side, and gradually tapers down to a thinner edge. Some of the surfaces have been sanded down, the dorsal surface sports a fine sanded down bevelled edge. The ventral surface has been lightly sanded down to be semi-flat, some texture remains.

Provenance

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

Item History

What

Name
Wedge
Identification Number
2021.O.002:280
Type of Item
wedge
Material
basalt
Overall
length 3.911 cm, width 1.856 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