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Antler wedge. Original catalogue description: "Half of split antler wedge. Long curving smoothed bevel. Butt end shows evidence of battering. Remainder of surface not much worked." Original catalogue remarks: "From area excavated for boathouse."
Tool of deer horn (wedge written in pencil). Locality: North bank of Chisholm Bay, Government Canal Locks, Ballard. Identified by F.S. Hall.* *Information is from the original accession ledger.
Elk antler wedge.* Fide donor GTE: These four (?) [only 3 in ledger-2831-2833] were dug up in a sand hill across the Thompson River from Lytton, B.C. Sections of elk and deer antler, cut diagonally to give rather long but sufficiently strong cutting blades, were used for splitting logs for house building and general wood working. They are generally made from the base of the horn and the head generally shows much wear where it has been struck by the stone hand hammer. Those found buried on old village sites differ in no wise from others of a much later period found in the possession of the present races. *Information is from the original accession ledger.
Elk antler wedge.* Fide donor GTE: These four (?) [only 3 in ledger-2831-2833] were dug up in a sand hill across the Thompson River from Lytton, B.C. Sections of elk and deer antler, cut diagonally to give rather long but sufficiently strong cutting blades, were used for splitting logs for house building and general wood working. They are generally made from the base of the horn and the head generally shows much wear where it has been struck by the stone hand hammer. Those found buried on old village sites differ in no wise from others of a much later period found in the possession of the present races. *Information is from the original accession ledger.
Rounded at base, use wear.
Short tine of antler, tapered on one end.
Broken tip, lengthwise striations.
Small, exfoliating.