Large stone mortar. Thick and cylindrical with a shallow bowl. A material processing tool. The mortar is used alongside the pestle to crush and grind ingredients/substances into a paste or powder
Large stone mortar. Thick and cylindrical with a shallow bowl. A material processing tool. The mortar is used alongside the pestle to crush and grind ingredients/substances into a paste or powder
Physical Condition
fair
Material
stone
Condition Remarks
Has a crack near the narrow end. This crack runs the circumference of the mortar.
The artifact is from around Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Stone tool with hammer-like or anvil-like shape. Has two flat heads on either end. One head is slightly shorter, likely due to chipping/damage. Tool is described as a hammer by the donor.
The artifact is from around Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Stone tool with hammer-like or anvil-like shape. Has two flat heads on either end. One head is slightly shorter, likely due to chipping/damage. Tool is described as a hammer by the donor.
Stone Artifact: Found in May 1972 at the "Fortress" at Kitselas Canyon. Mr. Pritchard is oneanthropologist working at the Kitamaat Village all through Summer 1973. The artifact is a wedge-like tool 10 1/2 long, 3 1/2
wide with a coarse chisel-like edge.
Stone Artifact: Found in May 1972 at the "Fortress" at Kitselas Canyon. Mr. Pritchard is oneanthropologist working at the Kitamaat Village all through Summer 1973. The artifact is a wedge-like tool 10 1/2 long, 3 1/2
wide with a coarse chisel-like edge.
Sample which comes into the lab and the prongs are cut off and then they are put into a machine which runs an electrical current through and analyzes the chemical makeup of the metal.
Sample which comes into the lab and the prongs are cut off and then they are put into a machine which runs an electrical current through and analyzes the chemical makeup of the metal.
