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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