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Groundstone Tool5287

Point maul.* Basalt. Ground and highly polished, plumb bob-shaped groundstone artifact. Similar objects from the Great Basin are referred to as "charmstones" by Strong (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Groundstone Tool5002

Stone pestle (possibly war club). Remarks: Might possibly be used as war club.* Probably a salmon packing pestle. (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Sinker, Stone4902

Round sinker.* Single groove. (6/95).

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Modified Cobble4892

Round sinker.* River cobble with groove, 5 cm. from one end. Slight bettering on opposite end. May be pecked along one side (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Pestle, Stone5323

Carved pestle. (and painted crossed out) Remarks: Might also be used as war club.* Pestle is basically cylindrical and evenly ground on all sides. Grinding end is chipped and has a yellow substance adhering to it. Opposite end is zoomorphic with two ears, two eyes, and a nose. Subject unknown (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
basalt stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Mortar, Stone5157

Medium stone mortar.* Stone mortar returned from Grant County Public Utility District, Wanapum Dam Heritage Center on January 25, 1995. These materials were originally sent to Grant County PUD for future exchange (see Borrower's Agreement - 1966), but the exchange papers were never drawn up. Since this material was only loaned, not deaccessioned, the Grant County PUD returned it to the Burke. (L. Phillips, 1/26/95). Residue in basin of mortar (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Groundstone Tool5351

Small Stone Carving or Implement* Possibly a fragment of a T-shaped maul. Basalt (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Chipped Stone Tool5687

Chipped stone scrapers. Numbers of specimens -149- in upper left hand corner of ledger were entered by Frank Barnett, who checked the material in 1939 while working as a volunteer. Original ledger number was 182+. 1 traded for Acc. 3822. 4 traded to CMNH.* Thirty-nine chert, obsidian, and opal chipped stone tools. Seventy-two chert scrapers. Previous count on compter read "149." (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
chert stone and obsidian stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Groundstone Tool5115

Stone pestle.* Tapered, bround and battered on one end. Ground on other. (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Point, Chipped Stone5697

Stemmed, shouldered and barbed arrow-heads (black). 2 traded to CMNH.* Previous count of tools was 82, of which only one can be located. This is a basally notched chert point, 1.8 cm long, 1.4 cm wide, and .5 grams in weight. (6/95). NOTE: At least one point loaned to Washington State Parks and determined to be lost while on loan- R. Andrews 9/18/1995. One obsidian projectile point was returned to the museum from the U.W. anthropology department. It is shouldered with a tapered stem. Catalog number on artifact has partially worn off; it could be 5697 or 5698, but has been assigned #5697 (L. Phillips 1/28/1997). One black chert, basally notched projectile point with a convex base was located at Fort Okanogan Interpretive Center on 4/18/2007. K. Meyers 5/08/2007. *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Material
chert stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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