Side Blade
69-16-155
From: Alaska | Unalakleet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 69-16-155 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Alaska | Unalakleet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Archaeology Area | Test pit - floor contact |
| Locus | House 118 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Description | Obsidian with rough and opaque surface. Asymmetrical with one pointed end. Base of other end perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Distal and proximal edges arcuate. Both surfaces flaked, one more steeply. Plano-convex cross-section. Proximal and distal edges well flaked. In 2 pieces; most remains. An unfinished side blade? |
| Length | 5.35 cm |
| Width | 1.55 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969 |
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