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The catalogue card gives a description of the tool taken from the collector, George T.Emmons. Deep green mottled and flaked in lighter green nephrite implement, worked throughout its length. It shows grooves where cut from the stock boulder the length of each narrow face, and shallow broad grooves on the face. it is discoloured from weathering on one face. It is double ?bitted or sharpened at each end .; Good
Small grey stone adze.; Good
Black hard stone adze blade with cutting marks.; Good
Flat gray jade adze, broken, cutting mark on one side.; Good
Flat green jade adze, broken with cutting marks on both sides.; Good
Stone adze blade with several chips missing and rounded blade; Good.
A) Small adzehead, slightly flared with shaped blade edge. B) Small adzehead with broken blade edge. C) Adzehead with rounded sides and slightly chipped blade edge. 1924.1 D-F are located in Archaeology Box 2929.; Good
Large quartzite adze blade with grooved neck and large chip broken from blade. Good. The Accession Register entry reads A finely ground adze blade, wedge-shaped, with thick square-sided blade, the upper side of which is convex and curves to the square cutting edge; its flat under surface extends to the butt end: its upper surface, boldly convex, double-stepped and broadly channelled, is set back from the actual blade. J.Somerville 19/8/2005.'
Carved whale bone bearing a bird, two creatures, a frog and a human. On the reverse the bone is incised with concentric and chevron designs which appear to have been an earlier decoration since they have been removed where the carving has tapered and shaped the bone (G.Crowther).; Good
A) Carved and painted wooden totem pole depicting an eagle, a killer whale and a frog. The pole is painted in red, green, yellow, and black. While the format of the pole is characteristic the style is not typical of the Northwest coast. However the bottom creature is reminiscent of Westcoast style masks (G.Crowther). B) Robust carved and painted wooden totem pole. The pole bears a killer whale and a bird, painted in black, red, green, blue and white. The style of carving is reminiscent of the Westcoast or Nootka (G.Crowther).; Good