The shape, undulating surface and color pattern of this stone evoked in the mind of the collector and owner, Patrick Metiva, the image of a scale that had fallen from a huge long extinct dragon. This stone is 20.3 x 31 x 7.6 cm (8 x12.25 x 3 inches deep and was collected in Snohomish County, Washington. The unusual contemporary base was hand carved by Patrick from a single piece of madrone wood (Arbutus menziesii). He wanted the base to be very organic as if it was a piece of dragon bone. Thus, it was left light in color as if it was a fragment of a bleached bone. While there is no scientific evidence for dragon existing in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S., there may have been several in the rich legends and lore of Washington state.