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Adze Core, Stone2582

One nephrite adze core. A piece of tape is adhered on one side. An old label is adhered on same side. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Boulder of rimmed and mottled light green. Fide donor GTE: Water worn boulder of a light green veined and mottled with a darker green. It shows three grooves where cutting has been commenced for the separation of sections for the makeing of implements. From near Lytton, B.C.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Core, Stone2579

One nephrite adze core. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Section of bright green jade, 6 miles above Lytton, B.C. Fide donor GTE: Large flat section of bright green jade showing two cutting grooves and a broken side the length of one of the narrower faces. Found on an old living site at the mouth of Stein Creek, emptying into the Fraser River about six miles above Lytton. Green nephrite or jade oblong cobble; flat with rought major surfaces. All peripheral surfaces are smoothed (three are assumed to be smoothed by natural processes; the fourth has two saw marks running the length of the object, with a strip of rought surface in between).

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Nephrite2577

One unmodified nephrite stone. A piece of tape is adhered to one side. Two white fragments, possibly quartzite, removed and bagged from natural crevice on surface of stone. L. St. Kitts 5/18/2009 Led: Flat boulder of deep green. Fide donor GTE: Water worn flat boulder of deep and bright green jade found on the north bank of the Fraser River, B. C. just above Lytton. Polished green cobble. No apparent signs of cultural activity.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Nephrite2572

One unmodified nephrite stone. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Pebble of light green jade. Fraser River across from Lytton, B.C. Fide donor GTE: Pebble found near the Fraser River across from Lytton, B.C. of a bright green jade. A water worn pebble.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Core, Stone2567

One nephrite adze core. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Stock piece of pale whitish green jade. Mouth of Thompson River near Lytton, B.C. Fide donor GTE: Section of a stock piece of a pale whitish green jade from which several pieces have been cut. It shows five cutting faces and grooves and one broken edge. Dug up near Lytton at the mouth of the Thompson River, B.C.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Chisel, Antler2562

One nephrite chisel fragment, possible adze core. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Stock piece of opaque green jade. Fraser River 6 miles above Lytton B.C. Fide donor GTE: Stock piece of a rather opaque green color which shows four cutting faces and one broken ridge from which a section has been cut. Dug up on an old village site near Stein Creek on the Fraser River about six miles above Lytton on the north bank of the river.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Core, Stone2561

One modified adze core. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Stock piece of yellowish green jade. Near Lytton, B.C. Fide donor GTE: Stock piece of jade of a yellowish shade of green which shows two cutting grooves and a broken edge where a section has been cut off. Found near Lytton, B.C. on the Fraser River.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Nephrite2552

One unmodified nephrite stone. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Used/Found across from Lytton at Fraser River. Flat boulder of light green jade. Fide donor GTE: Flat boulder of a light green jade, a water worn pebble, found on the Frazer River [sic] bank across from Lytton, British Columbia.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Nephrite2553

One unmodified nephrite stone. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Used/Found across from Lytton at Fraser river. I Boulder of bright and dark green. Fide donor GTE: Water worn boulder of a bright and darker green color, mottled. Found on an old native village site across from Lytton, British Columbia. Apperently unmodified nephrite cobble.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Core, Stone2551

One nephrite adze core. L. St. Kitts 05/14/2009 Led: Stock piece of translucent green jade. Found on Fraser River 10 miles above Lytton, B.C. Fide donor GTE: A stock piece of jade of a translucent green veined with a darker green. It has been worked smooth on both broader faces, and on one side shows a shallow groove, broken about. It was found on the site of an old living place on a plateau or bench on the north bank of the Frazer River [sic] ten miles above the mouth of the Thompson River, British Columbia.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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