Utilized Flake Item Number: 2023.O.007:18 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
A small glassy black utilized flake fashioned into a thumbnail cutting tool. The belonging has a very fine grain, almost smooth. The dorsal face sports bilaterally bevelled lightly jagged edges, and a small erailleur scar near the rounded edge. The bevelled sides meet in the middle to form a slightly raised spine on the centre of the belonging. The ventral face shows the bulb of percussion, and an impact site just above. Some light compression ripples are visible foinf length-wise to the proximal end.
No other supporting documentation for this collection have been recorded.
Donated by the Clayburn Village Community Society on May.15, 2023.
Collected by Cyril Holbrow throughout his lifetime (1921-2021,) Found while living on his farming properties- he was a naturalist and knew the area very well. He donated his finds to the Clayburn Village Community Society.
Exact provenience is unknown.
Items were found in the Clayburn and Maple Grove areas within Abbotsford.