Chisel
41-22-13
From: Canada | British Columbia | Lytton | Fraser River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 41-22-13 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Salish |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Lytton | Fraser River |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Locus | old living site on the shore of river |
| Period | Historic |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Nephrite | Jade |
| Technique | Chipped |
| Description | Long thin chisel of opaque green-gray jade[?]. Irregular, with sawed groove evident at one side. Faces smooth and convex. Butt unfinished and rather pointed. Blade straight and bevelled on both faces. Used in sawing nephrite. |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Length | 22 cm |
| Width | 4.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1941 |
| Other Number | 46 - Field No SF |
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