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68-22-58

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 68-22-58
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus House 2 | N 2.25, W 5 - in floor
Section American
Materials Stone
Technique Chipped
Description

Light colored, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, only one end remains. Distal edge seems more arcuate than proximal edge. Both surfaces flaked. Distal edge has finer retouch than proximal. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis; probably less than half remains.

Length 3.6 cm
Width 3.1 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition, Bruce Lutz, 1968

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