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Point, Chipped Stone4702

Spear point. Remarks: Found a short distance from the portage of Union Bay.* Accn File: No additonal information about object in accn file. D. Hogerhuis, 2/10/1993. Bifacially flaked side-notched chert point with convex base. J. Burgett 1/18/95 *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
chert stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Jadeite2987

Jade boulder cut in grooves and faces.* Fide donor GTE: Long section of mottled jade from which two sections have been cut for implements. These jade boulders were sawed with knives of sandstone. Boulders large and small of jade serpentine and other hard fine grained, tough material, generally greenish in color, are found upon old village sites and camping grounds, grooved on one or both surfaces, cut in two, or cut in a number of faces, with grooves between, and thin broken ridges. These latter indicate where sections were sawed off with the coarse silicious sandstone saws or knives in order to obtain suitable pieces for chisels, celts and adzes. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
jadeite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Sinker?, Stone7780

Broken stone with depression. Locality: Taholah, Gray's Harbor Co., WA.* Cobble with circular depression pecked into one major surface. Both ends broken. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Sinker, Stone7779

Grooved stone sinker. Locality: Taholah, Gray's Harbor Co., WA.* Ovoid cobble with groove pecked longitudinally through major surfaces and ends. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Celt, Stone2568

Celt of whitish and blackish green jade. Near Lytton, B.C.* Fide donor GTE: Celt or adze of whitish green interspersed with blackish green lines. It was dug up near Lytton, B.C. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
jadeite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Modified Bone2875

Ornamentally cut bone.* Fide donor GTE: Ornamentally cut bone. Its use is unknown. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Club, Stone2.5E664

1 stone war club. ACCN: 1977-76/1. Grandfather, David Thompson, homesteaded a quarter section near North Bend area in 1880's. Found when clearing land at foot of Mt. Si., North Bend area.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Mortar, Stone5174

Ceremonial mortar (canoe shaped).* Oval. Flattened knobs on sides. Carved diagonal ribs down sides. Weighs over 5000 grams. (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
basalt stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Figurine, BoneJan-57

Carved bone amulet in shape of bear. Locality: "Potlatch Site", Orcas Island, Wash. Remarks: Forms pair with WSM 2412.* Note: 1-2157 & 2412 are from 2 different accessions & form a pair only because they look similar. Also, this is probably a wolf not a bear because of the long tail over the back. RA. 8/2/1994. Email from L. Phillips to Dr. Charles Nelson regarding site location (see Accn. file). It is unclear whether the "Potlatch Site" is now called the Crescent Beach Shell Mound, 45-SJ-240. *Information comes from original accession ledger.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Game Piece, Bone5530

Gambling toggle of bone.* Finely incised with parallel lines. Hollow long bone shaft, ground inside and out. Two longitudinal furrows are incised, opposite each other (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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