Planing Adze Blade

53-54-29

From: United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-29
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Mound B, upper level. Top stratum of thermal-fractured stone.
Section American
Materials Greenstone
Description

Dark greenstone, battered. Smooth planning edge. Tapered butt. Polished by use.

Height 2.3 cm
Length 16.3 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 230 - Field No SF

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