Side Blade
69-16-422
From: Alaska | Unalakleet
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 69-16-422 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Alaska | Unalakleet |
Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
Archaeology Area | N2.6, W5 - house floor |
Locus | House 120 |
Section | American |
Materials | Chert (uncertain) |
Description | Dark, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical with one pointed end and one rounded end. Ridge is parallel to and close to distal edge. Both surfaces flaked, distal edge has finer retouch. Proximal edge appears reworked after being broken at base. |
Length | 4.9 cm |
Width | 2.5 cm |
Credit Line | Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969 |
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