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"Whittled stick cut diagonaly at the base and broken at the tip. This specimen was fire hardened after being broken. It may be the fragment of a wooden awl or punch, or could have been used in spreading fish for drying. Square 7L3 North 2' 11" East 1'4" Datum depth 31"." From The Washington Archaeologist. 1962 Vol. VI, No. 2.
"Worked bone, probably the base of a barbed point (Fig. 5, c). Cultural Component II Square 9L3 North 0'5" East 4'4" Datum Depth 40". " From The Washington Archaeologist. 1962 Vol. VI, No. 2.
"Small, sharpened splinter of bone which may have served as an awl or barb (Fig. 5, m). Cultural Component I Square 5L2 South 0'6" West 2'1" Datum Depth 30"." From The Washington Archaeologist. 1962 Vol. VI, No. 2.
"Narrow bitted, antler chisel or wedge. Ih the manufacture of this piece its basic outline was blocked out by sawing, after which the narrow end was carefully ground into a slightly excurvate bit. While in use at least four splinters were knocked from its base. The bit also shows signs of use. Square 6L1 North 0'10" East 1'2" Datum Depth 4"." From The Washington Archaeologist. 1962 Vol. VI, No. 2.
Modifed bone tool broken and reglued. C. Svensson 6/2/02
Green stone cut in grooves and faces.* Fide donor GTE: Green stone showing cutting grooves. 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. *Information is from the original accession ledger.
Jade boulder cut in grooves and faces.* Fide donor GTE: Smaller jade boulder, dark green, cut and grooved. 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. *Information is from the original accession ledger.
Worked stone. Locality: Oyster Bay, Washington. Remarks: Found at Gallagher's Cove & at Handscabble.* *Information is from the original accession ledger.