Point, Chipped Stone Item Number: 5712 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
Steel and copper arrow heads. Remarks: Number of specimens in upper left corner was recorded by Frank Barnett who checked the material in 1939 while working at the museum as a volunteer.* There appears to actually be only 9 pieces in the collection, all of which are now in drawer 19A6. 8/8/90 JPB. Previous count of points on computer was "11." There are nine points, of copper and iron, of various sizes and shapes. All are now housed in archaeology. (6/95) *Information is from the original accession ledger.
Geographical Search Terms
Pacific Northwest Plateau Western United States
Credit Line
Purchase from Dr. R. E. Stewart
Item History
- Collected by Dr. R.E. Stewart on November 8, 1905
What
- Name
- Point, Chipped Stone
- Identification Number
- 5712
- Type of Item
- chipped stone point
- Material
- iron metal and copper ore metal
- Overall
- length 0.0 cm, width 0.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Dr. R.E. Stewart
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on November 8, 1905
Other
- Accession Number
- 40
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 9
- Excavated By
- Stewart, Dr. R. E.
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped