Elk-horn digger handle.* Fide donor GTE: Handle of digging stick of elk horn of a less usual type; it is ornamented in series of small circles. See 2841 for collector's comments on digging sticks. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

One half of a digging stick handle, broken at hole where digging stick would be inserted. One surface is decorated with two sets of three isosceles triangular patterns. These triangles are in filled with between 8 and 12 parallel rows of 2mm hatch marks. The stacked sets of triangles are separated by three sets of two parallel grooves carved parallel to the bases of the triangles. The opposite surface is decorated with two grooves (approx. 3mm in width) that continue from one end of the handle to the hole (described above). Northwest Coast/Plateau.

Antler handle that is cut on one end and hollowed out. There are approximately 3 to 4 cut marks that run parallel to the cut end. They are between 5 mm and 15 mm from the cut end. A crack also runs perpendicular down two-thirds of the handle to the cut end. The opposite appears to be broken and has a "V" shaped notch. K. Peterson 11/23/98

Digger handle of sheephorn.* Fide donor GTE: Handle of digging stick of the horn of the mountain sheep, a very old and much decayed specimen dug up near Lytton. For gathering edible roots, and excavating for any purpose, digging sticks of the rudest type,-simply sharpened sticks- were inserted in a handle of horn or bone, the butt end fitting in and through a hole in the middle of the handle. The handle was more often of the horn of the mountain sheep through often of elk-antler. Very old handles are found upon excavating old house sites, while others are still seen in the possession of the people, the type of both being the same. *Information is from the original accession ledger.