Adze Fragment (uncertain)
68-22-215
From: Alaska | Unalakleet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 68-22-215 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Alaska | Unalakleet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Locus | House 3 | S 5, W 2.5 - gravel level, under greasy black-brown level |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Jade (uncertain) |
| Description | Dark, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Probably asymmetrical. Base perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Both edges appear straight. One surface has shallow flake scars running from one edge to other; scars on other surface not as long. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis, less than half remains. |
| Length | 6.4 cm |
| Width | 4.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Unalaklett Expedition, Bruce Lutz, 1968 |
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