DESCRIPTION: Ceremonial stone club, prehistoric, probably several hundred years old, broken in two pieces (a:head and shaft; b:tip). Made from basalt, pecked, with an elaborate decoration on the head and a pointed tip at the base. One side of the shaft appears to be naturally flat, while the other side is rounded. At the head of the club are two concentric ridges with a groove in between which encircle the shaft. Above these ridges the shaft tapers and then widens out into a flat projection with four longitudinal raised ridges (and three grooves). The tip piece (b) appears to have a hairline crack running through it approximately 1.25-1.5" from the pointed end. CONDITION: Broken in two pieces (broken when donor was digging it up). It was previously glued, probably rubber cement, but has come unglued. There is a fresh scratch below the broken end of 'b', apparently from a shovel blow. There are also fresh scratches FIDE DONOR: Found by the donor on his farm when he was digging up his yard for an extension on his house. His shovel struck the club and broke it. Farm was located 15 miles NW of Yakima, near the foot of Mt. Clemens. The club was found 16 inches deep on a natural bench of hard packed clay type soil, near the Naches River. It was found about 25 years ago.

Stone club head. Locality: Okanagan Indians, Colville Res., Wash. Remarks: Found one mile south of Omak, Washington.* *Information comes from the original accession ledger.

3 parts; glued together; one end zoomorphic; other end phallic; appears to be a "slave killer" club.

Stone pecked hand hammer with flared oblong bottom and knobbed handle at top. Mottled gray in color. Fide Donor: Hammer belonged to donor's uncle, who moved to Seattle in 1940 and died in 1950. This uncle previously lived in Helena, Montana, where he had a cabin in the foothills. Vicky Wyatt, May 1989: Believes this piece to be from the southern Northwest Coast region; age unknown.

Stone pestle. Locality is Puget Sound, Region, Wn. Remarks - Probably secured in trade by Indians on Columbia River. * Battered on both ends (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Stone mat creaser. Locality: Whidby Is., Coupeville. Remarks: 1-72 appears incorrectly on piece of nettle bark twine which should be changed to 1-92.* *Information comes from original accession ledger.

North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Western United States

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.

Indian stone pestle, pyramidal shape to top. Found by Ackerly's father years ago on the Olympic Penninsula. Materials: stone Tech: pecked, ground. Motifs: plain.

Soapstone artifact, blockshaped piece with square groove. Locality: Saturna Is., Gulf Is. off S.E. coast of Vancouver Is. Remarks: Steatite.* *Information comes from original accession ledger.