Chisel
41-22-21
From: Canada | British Columbia | Fraser River | Lytton
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 41-22-21 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Salish |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Fraser River | Lytton |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Period | Historic |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Nephrite | Jade |
| Technique | Chipped |
| Description | Thin chisel [?] of greenish gray mottled jade. Roughly rectangular. Faces very slightly convex; sides thin and rounded, one curved. Butt thin and broken. Blade straight with rounded corners, beveled on one face. Buff half discoloured where it was set in handle. Used in sawing nephrite. |
| Height | 0.5 cm |
| Length | 5.5 cm |
| Width | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1941 |
| Other Number | 26 - Field No SF |
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