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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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Chisel, Bone2850

Bone chisel section of leg bone of deer.* Fide donor GTE: Chisel of a section of leg bone of deer. These three (2849, 2850, 2851) chisels were dug up near Lytton. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Chisel, Bone2849

Bone chisel section of leg bone of deer.* Fide donor GTE: Chisel of a section of leg bone of deer. These three (2849, 2850, 2851) chisels were dug up near Lytton. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Pipe, Modified Stone2863

Stone pipe.* Fide donor GTE: Stone pipe from north bank Fraser River just above Lytton. Pipes are in general use. The oldest type was evidently tubular, but those of a later period, and those used today, are of the ordinary type of bowl and stem. They are made of a steatite or some transparent soapstone, which in some the fire can be seen through the wall of the bowl. The stem is often ornamented with lead inlaid which in some cases is used to strengthen the stem as the material is brittle. A plain hollow wood stem is used. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Knife, Bone2848

Horn knife or tool.* Fide donor GTE: Portion of a knife or dagger of bone dug up at Lytton. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Hammerstone2954

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.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Scraper, Stone3018

Stone skin dresser or scraper.* Fide donor GTE: Stone skin dresser. Skin scrapers are found in great abundance about old camps and former living places. They are of various sizes and material. They were of the chipped basalt used for arrow and spear blades; chipped to convenient shape, or of sections of quartzite pebbles split along one face and chipped as required. Some of these were used as hand implements for scraping or softening the skin of the animals of the country, for articles of clothing, while others likewise used were set in the split end of short wood handles and lashed securely by means of hide, root or sinew. They are still used. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Point, Bone2919

Bone spear point.* Fide donor GTE: Long bone, cut in lines for one third of its length, possibly the middle point of a fish spear. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Scraper, Stone2996

Stone skin dresser or scraper.* Fide donor GTE: Stone skin dresser. Skin scrapers are found in great abundance about old camps and former living places. They are of various sizes and material. They were of the chipped basalt used for arrow and spear blades; chipped to convenient shape, or of sections of quartzite pebbles split along one face and chipped as required. Some of these were used as hand implements for scraping or softening the skin of the animals of the country, for articles of clothing, while others likewise used were set in the split end of short wood handles and lashed securely by means of hide, root or sinew. They are still used. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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