Stone hammer.* Fide donor GTE: Stone hand hammer. The most common stone implement found about Lytton, either dug up on old village sites or preserved by the present generation, is the hand hammer or pestle. It is made from a variety of fine-grained rocks, generally of convenient size and shaped boulders that require the least amount of labor to bring them to the required shape. Such pieces are pecked into shape, having a heavy base sometimes deep, the sides meeting the bottom at right angles, and again greatly expanded. The body of the hammer where it is grasped by the hand is generally smaller than the expanded head which is variously shaped with a conoidal knot or contracted to a long conical point. Although the rudest specimens taper gradually from the base to the rounded head. The rudest specimens are simply pecked into shape, while the finer ones, after shaping, are beautifully ground or smoothed. In several instances among those here described, the heads are given the forms of animal heads. These hand hammers were used for a variety of purposes and the worn surfaces readily indicate their use. Those used as hand mashers for crushing roots, nuts, berries, etc. show smooth flattened or slightly convex bases, while those used as hammers for driving wedges, stakes, etc., show a well worn concave base and offer flattened and worn sides of the base. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Columbia R. area, Klickitat County Fumigated on: 00OCT1980

Celt of mottled greenish gray jade.* Fide donor GTE: Celt of a mottled greenish grey color, somewhat weathered. Found on Vancouver Island near Victoria. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Grindstone.* Fide donor GTE: Grindstone of a coarse, siliceaus sandstone. The two flatten faces concave. the edges convex, supposed to have been used for working down stone celts and chisels by rubbing with water. Found on the surface of the sand hill at the junction of the Thompson with the Fraser. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Large knife of basalt.* *Information is from the original accession ledger.

DESCRIPTION: Pecked and ground stone T-shaped hand maul, with one flange/handle broken off. There are three grooves incised on the end of the existing flange. Very worn surfaces, especially on the bottom. See: 'Artifacts of the Northwest Coast Indians' by Hilary Stewart, revised edition, 1981, pp 58-59. "Shaped by the pecking and grinding technique, (on occasion ground to a fine smoothness) these mauls represent a great deal of labour, since so much of the stone had to be removed..." "The striking head of the maul was the part primarily used, although some of these tools show strong evidence of wear at both ends of the T shape. Ends that are battered or pitted would have served a hammering function, while those that are smooth and convex would seem to indicate use in grinding." NOTE: Identified as Northwest Coast by Robin Wright. FIDE DONOR: Baskets belonged to donor's mother, Kathleen M. Schultz, and were probably acquired in 1917, when they lived in Alaska. Donor had no idea where the maul came from; it had always been with his mother's things.

Sandstone knife for cutting jade.* Fide donor GTE: Sandstone saw or knife for cutting hard boulders. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Stone implement. Found San Juan de Fuca, Island Co., WA (Whidbey Island).* Accn File: No additonal information in accn file. D. Hogerhuis, 2/10/1993. Appears to be a naturally formed unmodified crystalized volcanic rock - Sarah Hood 02/03/06 *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Part of a slate knife blade. Locality: Swinomish Indian Reservation, La Connor, WA.* *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Basalt pebble used as hammer stone. Locality: Taholah, Gray's Harbor County, WA.* Anvil stone with pecked and ground depression in one edge and battering marks on both surfaces. *Information is from the original accession ledger.