Planing Adze Blade

53-54-34

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

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-34
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus House 1-fill. Gray sandy midden.
Section American
Materials Greenstone
Description

Natural slab shape unevenly narrowed at butt. Hafted like ax? Square. Broken butt. Smoothed and polished from use.

Height 2.4 cm
Length 14.9 cm
Width 5.7 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 979 - Field No SF

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