Abrader, Stone

Item number 4813 from the The Burke: University of Washington.

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Description

Arrow straightener of sandstone.* Sandstone abrader, grooved longitudinally on one side; other side has five latitudinally incised lines, one at center (approximately 3.7cm from end) and two at each end (3mm and 8 mm from the end). Note found with artifact states, "arrow straightener, prob. King - Young Nat. Soc." No information regarding location found in catalog ledger or accession file. We assigned it a location of NW Coast because in the catalog ledger the 4800 series artifacts are labeled as NW Coast. SKH 1/19/96 *Information is from the original accession ledger.

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North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Western United States

Credit Line

Gift of Young Naturalist's Society

Item History

What

Name
Abrader, Stone
Identification Number
4813
Type of Item
stone abrader
Material
sandstone stone
Manufacturing Technique
ground, decorated and grooved
Overall
length 7.2 cm, width 2.8 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 46.4 g

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

Who

Field Collector
Young Naturalists' Society

When

Collection Date
on November 1, 1904

Other

Accession Number
190
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Ground

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