Indians 101: Some Columbia Gorge Indian artifacts (museum exhibit 3)

The Columbia Gorge Museum in Stevenson, Washington has a large gallery dedicated to the First Peoples of the Columbia Gorge: Watlalas (Wahlalas; also known as the Cascade Indians), Wascos, and Wishrams. In this exhibit, most of the artifacts are unlabeled.

This appears to be a stone net sinker.

This may be another stone net sinker.

Shown above is a stone pestle.

The center object appears to be a stone awl or drill; the other two are arrowheads.

Shown above is a typical arrowhead display put together by collectors. It doesn’t really tell us anything about ancient Indians.

Shown above is a stone bowl.

Shown above is an atlatl (spear thrower).

Note: These photographs were taken on October 18, 2024.

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