Side Blade
69-16-429
From: Alaska | Unalakleet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 69-16-429 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Alaska | Unalakleet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Archaeology Area | N5.1, W4.2 - house floor |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Chert |
| Description | Dark, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, probably double pointed. Both edges have two straight sectiongs meeting in arc. Ridge parallel to and closer to distal edge. Both surfaces flaked, distal edge has finer retouch. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis near one end. |
| Length | 3.9 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969 |
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