Spall Tool Item Number: 2021.O.002:290 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Description
A large cortex spall tool. The dorsal surface is covered entirely by a smooth, desaturated tan with a reddish tinge, and some darker speckling. The ventral surface has a tan to beige with a pink hue gradient, it has some reflective shiny particles giving it a shiny finish with a light coarse grain. There's a compression ring on the distal end, opposite side and end of the catalogue label, and two tiny flake scars.
Provenance
No provenance - Collected from Fraser Valley/Vancouver Island/Northwest Coast.
Item History
- Collected by Ken Pugh
What
- Name
- Spall Tool
- Identification Number
- 2021.O.002:290
- Type of Item
- spall tool
- Material
- rhyolite
- Overall
- length 9.731 cm, width 7.618 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