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Maul, Stone2.5E1716

Broken stone maul,3 pieces. Material, basalt. Technique, pecking, grinding. Motif, none. A large stone hammer head. A groove is cut near either end 3 cm wide. Hammer is broken into 3 pieces although the accession list does not mention it. 1927 loan converted to gift 1-10-86. Subgroup: Puget Sound, 2 mi. up Swamp creek from Alderwood Manor Rd. Broken in three pieces, a-c.

Material
basalt stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Maul, Stone2959

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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Awl, Bone5502

Bone awl.* End opposite of point is broken (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Awl, Bone5492

Bone awl.* Probably an artiodactyl podial or metapodial. Point is polished (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Awl, Bone5501

Bone awl.* End opposite of point is broken (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Awl, Bone5491

Bone awl.* One spatulate end, other pointed. Possibly fossilized bone. Pointed end is square in cross-section. (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Game Piece, Bone5511

Bone for woman's dice game (written over) implement used possibly in basket making -all crossed out- (decorated).* Flat piece of cortical mammal long bone. Tapered on both ends. Design is three parallel zig-zag lines filled with black pigment. Closely resembles 5508, 5509. (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Game Piece, Bone5512

Bone for woman's dice game (written over) implement used possibly in basket making -all crossed out- (decorated).* Longbone, tapered at both ends. One side is decorated with a row of drilled circles. Easch with a small hole in the center (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
bone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Wedge, Antler1983-72/2

Antler wedge with use wear damage at butt end. Tip is chipped on both sides - bone flaked off on both sides about 3.4 cm from U-shaped tip.

Material
antler
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Spear Point1-1544