Knife
41-22-44
From: Canada | British Columbia | Lytton | Fraser River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 41-22-44 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Salish |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Lytton | Fraser River |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Locus | old living site on Fraser River above Lytton |
| Period | Historic |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Nephrite | Jade |
| Technique | Chipped |
| Description | Slender knife-blade or chisel of translucent green jade. Slightly tapering to broken butt. One face flat; one quite convex; sides rough and broken, partly smoothed. Sharp, slanting blade, bevelled on one face. Used in sawing nephrite. |
| Height | 0.9 cm |
| Length | 10.3 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1941 |
| Other Number | 7 - Field No SF |
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