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Knife, Composite2846

Scraping or shaving tool, iron blade.* Fide donor GTE: An implement used as a planer or scraper, the iron blade is driven through a section of rib bone. This tool was dug up on the bank of the Fraser three miles above Lytton. 11/14/1989, BAB: This scraper is actually missing from the collection. A knife has been mistakenly given this number. That knife is really Emmons' 2847. See Accession 870 for additional information. NOTE- 4/5/1993 the knife was renumbered its correct number 2847. As of 4/5/1993, scraper 2846 is still missing (R. Andrews). Ah-hah!! A knife with number 2847 was found in archaeology (but matches the description for 2846) and so it is assumed that this is the correct knife. The number was changed from 2847 to 2846. R. Andrews. 4/19/1993. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
iron metal and bone
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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Whetstone2994

Grindstone.* Fide donor GTE: Part of a coarse-grained silicious grind stone for smoothing and sharpening stone chisels, adzes, etc. It is very conclusively established that jade and other fine grained celts were worked down and sharpened upon these stones, which are found about old living and camping sites together with the sandstone saws and partly cut boulders, and an examination of jade and other celts shows almost invariably a corresponding convex side and cutting surface. These grindstones from their brittleness are seldom found in large slabs, but more in broken sections which are often smoothed on both flattened faces and sometimes along the edges. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

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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Horn Bowl1462
Seal Bowl2268

The seed bead is white.

Culture
Haida
Material
wood and seed bead
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Scratcher2497
Trout Hook1884
Lidded Shot Basket1087