9 artifacts and 5 animal bones:
GaTe 5:13 - Granite stone hand maul, Indigenous, ca. 5,500-1,500 YBP (years before present).
GaTe 5:14-15 - 2 basalt stone cores, single flake removed.
GaTe 5:16 - 1 basalt stone core, bipolar reduction (two flakes removed).
GaTe 5:17 - Fragments of ceramic bowl, English, stamped with "Colonial Pottery Stoke England," c. 1891-1920
GaTe 5:18 - Brown glass bottle, stamped with "Made in 2377 W.S.3 Canada," Labatt Pilsner, c. 1890-1909
GaTe 5:19 - Brown glass bottle, stamped with "Made in V-1320 W.S.8 Canada."
GaTe 5:20 - Brown leather boot, upper portion, handmade, likely from Anderson Ranch, c. 1898-1926
GaTe 5:21 - Enamel-granite wear coated steel plate, c. 1890-1900s
2 horse bones (femur and metacarpal)
1 cow bone (metatarsal)
1 great blue heron bone (femur)
1 bald eagle bone (sternum)
9 artifacts and 5 animal bones:
GaTe 5:13 - Granite stone hand maul, Indigenous, ca. 5,500-1,500 YBP (years before present).
GaTe 5:14-15 - 2 basalt stone cores, single flake removed.
GaTe 5:16 - 1 basalt stone core, bipolar reduction (two flakes removed).
GaTe 5:17 - Fragments of ceramic bowl, English, stamped with "Colonial Pottery Stoke England," c. 1891-1920
GaTe 5:18 - Brown glass bottle, stamped with "Made in 2377 W.S.3 Canada," Labatt Pilsner, c. 1890-1909
GaTe 5:19 - Brown glass bottle, stamped with "Made in V-1320 W.S.8 Canada."
GaTe 5:20 - Brown leather boot, upper portion, handmade, likely from Anderson Ranch, c. 1898-1926
GaTe 5:21 - Enamel-granite wear coated steel plate, c. 1890-1900s
2 horse bones (femur and metacarpal)
1 cow bone (metatarsal)
1 great blue heron bone (femur)
1 bald eagle bone (sternum)
British Columbia Driver's Licence No. 706351. From Basil Stacy Baxter. 1954.
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Very dirty
Height
8.2cm
Width
6cm
Accession Number
2020.12.37
Biographical Notes
Items Collected by Malcom Baxter, former editor of NSP. Malcolm died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael. The items were delivered by Judith Cullington - Malcolm's sister-in-law.
