Cobble Chopper Item Number: 2021.O.002:323 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Description
A medium sized single-beaked cobble chopper with cortex present; The cortex is a smooth medium grey with some tiny scattered white inclusions. The exposed surface of the belonging is a medium grey with a fine grain and some tiny white circular inclusions, as well as a few white streaks throughout. The dorsal surface has two impact sites on either mesial portion, the impact site on the right side has a half bulb of percussion. On the left mesial side there's a light grey patch. The ventral face has two small flaked off sections on the left mesial portion.
Provenance
No provenance - Collected from Fraser Valley/Vancouver Island/Northwest Coast.
Item History
- Collected by Ken Pugh
What
- Name
- Cobble Chopper
- Identification Number
- 2021.O.002:323
- Type of Item
- cobble chopper
- Material
- basalt
- Overall
- length 8.307 cm, width 6.867 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