Saw

41-22-3

From: Canada | British Columbia | Lytton | Fraser River

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 41-22-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Salish
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Lytton | Fraser River
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Period Historic
Section American
Materials Sandstone
Technique Chipped
Description

Piece of saw. Thin slab. Short curved smoothed sawing edge; other edges irregularly broken. Flat faces. Used in sawing nephrite.

Height 1.2 cm
Length 12 cm
Width 12.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1941
Other Number 16 - Field No SF

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