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69-16-84

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-84
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N5, W14 - top of floor
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Jasper
Description

Yellowish, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (jasper?). Asymmetrical, double pointed. Distal edge triangular in shape. Proximal edge arcuate. No ridge. Both surfaces flaked. Distal edge has slightly finer retouch than proximal edge. Small section of proximal edge missing.

Length 2.6 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Thickness 0.3 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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