Groundstone Tool Item Number: 8932 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Knife or scraper of slate. Locality: Site 25. Roche Harbor (Garrison Bay), San Juan Islands, Wash.* Rectangular stone, ground on two edges. May have been an adze blade, now too worn to identify. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Geographical Search Terms

Gulf of Georgia North America Northwest Coast San Juan County Washington State Western United States Western Washington

Item History

  • Collected on July 3, 1926

What

Name
Groundstone Tool
Identification Number
8932
Type of Item
groundstone tool
Material
basalt stone
Manufacturing Technique
unifacial and ground
Overall
length 8.1 cm, width 3.9 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 35.3 g

Who

Field Collector
“Museum Expedition - Anthropology Division” ?

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on July 3, 1926

Other

Accession Number
2126
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Excavated By
Colley, A. G.
Excavation Date
07/03/1926
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Ground