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68-22-201

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 68-22-201
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus House 3 | S 6, E 0 - House floor
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Dark, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, probably double pointed, without a ridge. One surface has similar flakes removed from both edges, other is less evenly flaked. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis near one end.

Length 4.4 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition, Bruce Lutz, 1968

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