Unmodified Bone Fragment Item Number: SJ186/71 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Description

Mammal bone fragment that has been ground and polished. One end is broken to a point, other end is blunt. Edge near blunt end appears to have a notch in it so piece looks like hourglass, edge beyond notch is scalloped. This artifact has no field form and is not mentioned in Carlson's 1954 thesis. Any provenience information was taken directly off the artifact. R. Williams 2/4/98

Geographical Search Terms

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

Item History

What

Name
Unmodified Bone Fragment
Identification Number
SJ186/71
Type of Item
unmodified bone fragment
Material
bone
Manufacturing Technique
ground and polished
Overall
length 5.8 cm, width 1.1 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 3.7 g

Who

Field Collector
Carroll Burroughs

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

When

Collection Date
on January 1, 1949

Other

Accession Number
3649
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Site Number
45-SJ-186
Object Category
Bone/Antler/Ivory
Object Sub Category
Bone, Unmodified