Knife, Chipped Stone Item Number: 8980 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Flaked stone fish hook or small knife. Locality: N. side Wescott Bay. Roche Harbor, San Juan Islands, Wash. Site 18. Remarks: On property of Orcas Lime Works, Mrs. S.W.R. Dally, owner.* Small, curved, basalt knife. *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 1, 1926

What

Name
Knife, Chipped Stone
Identification Number
8980
Type of Item
chipped stone knife
Material
basalt stone and pebble
Manufacturing Technique
bifacially flaked
Overall
length 6.0 cm, width 1.8 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 5.0 g

Who

Field Collector
“Museum Expedition - Anthropology Division” ?

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on July 1, 1926

Other

Accession Number
2126
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Excavated By
Colley, A. G.
Excavation Date
07/14/1926
Site Number
45-SJ-29
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Chipped