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Small bone implement (awl written in).* Flat mammal cortical lnog bone peice, pointed on one end, broken straight across at other end (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Subgroup: Rock Creek, Klickitat County Photographer: Nancy Morningstar Tabular, bevelled (6/95).

Bone net gauge for making fish net.* One perforation (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

DESCRIPTION: Pecked and ground stone T-shaped hand maul, with one flange/handle broken off. There are three grooves incised on the end of the existing flange. Very worn surfaces, especially on the bottom. See: 'Artifacts of the Northwest Coast Indians' by Hilary Stewart, revised edition, 1981, pp 58-59. "Shaped by the pecking and grinding technique, (on occasion ground to a fine smoothness) these mauls represent a great deal of labour, since so much of the stone had to be removed..." "The striking head of the maul was the part primarily used, although some of these tools show strong evidence of wear at both ends of the T shape. Ends that are battered or pitted would have served a hammering function, while those that are smooth and convex would seem to indicate use in grinding." NOTE: Identified as Northwest Coast by Robin Wright. FIDE DONOR: Baskets belonged to donor's mother, Kathleen M. Schultz, and were probably acquired in 1917, when they lived in Alaska. Donor had no idea where the maul came from; it had always been with his mother's things.

Bone net gauge for making fish net.* 6/30/94:gauge split in half, lengthwise, along diameter of hole in center. String (non-ethnographic) wound around both pieces was removed because (1) it was not curation-quality, and (2) it was putting the pieces in jeopardy by causing them to scrape against each other. Both pieces appear to have been glued together at some point (L.Phillps). Broken into two pieces, with one perforation. (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Part of a slate knife blade. Locality: Swinomish Indian Reservation, La Connor, WA.* *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Bone awl.* Point slightly broken. Constriction on end, opposite the point. This is a distal mammal podial or metapodial (6/95). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Bone awl decorated with red paint.* Cortical bone. Eleven short diagonal lines incised across bone and filled with a red pigment (ochre?). *Information is from the original accession ledger.

Perforated sinker.* NOTE: determined to be lost while on loan- R. Andrews 9/18/1995. Returned by Cindy Farr, WSPRC Jan 2006 - S.H. *Information is from the original accession ledger.