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Scraper, Stone2-164

Scraper of granitic schist. Locality: Sanpoil Indians, Colville, Wash. Identified by Verne F. Ray and G.E. Goodspeed. Remarks: From shell mound at naa'qu, on Columbia River.* *Information comes from the original accession ledger.

Material
granite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Core2984

Jade boulder cut in grooves and faces.* Fide donor GTE: Large jade boulder from which a section has been cut and two shallow grooves have been commenced. 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. Remarks: Jade or nephrite cobble with sections removed; additional sawmark on adjacent surface, parallel to competed cuts. [See Artifacts of the Northwest, page 43, by Hilary Stewart 1981].Yellow tape adhered to bottom. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
jadeite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Blade, Stone1990-41/1

Adze blade of greenstone (possibly nephrite). Broken near haft end, flared and sharpened at blade end. Fide donor: Collected by donor's cousin, Rena McFadden Jacobsen Hylak, from Forest, WA., (outside Chehalis, near river confluence on her farm), ca. 1910-1940.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Club, Stone1-11208

Stone club. Locality: Snoqualimi. Identified by Erna Gunther.* Zoomorphic representation of a fish. Bifurcated base (tail fins) is chipped. *Information comes from original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Whetstone7786

Broken whetstone of brownish sandstone. Locality: Princess Louise Inlet on Jervis Inlet, B.C.* *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
sandstone stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Blade, Stone2490

Celt of dark green jade, splintery.* Fide donor GTE: Celt of a dark green color, splintery in structure, found on Vancouver Island near Victoria, B.C. 2"x2"x7/16". *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
jadeite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Blade, Stone2489

Celt of dark green jade.* Fide donor GTE: Celt of a dark green color found on Vancouver Island, near Victoria. For the general appearance of wear over the sides and edges, it has evidently been used as a hand implement in the dressing of skins. 1 5/8"x2 1/8"x.25". *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
jadeite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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