Mammal Bone

53-54-495

From: United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-495
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Mound B, depth 12-18"
Period Old Town (uncertain)
Section American
Materials Mammal Bone
Description

Light buff fragments with short cutting or hacking marks from knife across grain of outer surface. Porpoise rib? Hacked with iron blade?

Length 8.7 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Thickness 1 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 204 - Field No SF

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