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Plate XVI 
British Columbia Coast 
Dishes Made of Stone 
A type of dish made of stone, found solely in British Columbia from 
near Nanaimo on the coast to Kamloops, but chiefly in the Saanich-Yale 
area; illustrated in Plates XV-XX and Figure 9, Plate XXXVI. 
Figure 1. Carved dish made of soapstone. From Saanich peninsula, southeastern Van- 
couver island, B.C. In Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; approximately 
i natural size. After Figure 183a, Smith, Gulf of Georgia, 1907. Cast, Cat. No. 
XII-B-636 in Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, Canada. 
Figure 2. Carved dish made of gritstone. From Saanich peninsula, southeastern Van- 
couver island, B.C.; approximately § natural size. After Figure 183d, Smith, Gulf of 
Georgia, 1907, from a photograph by Dr. C. F. Newcombe. 
