Whetstone

49-25-521

From: United States of America | Alaska | Kootznahoo Inlet | Pillsbury Point

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 49-25-521
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Kootznahoo Inlet | Pillsbury Point
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus Square A, layer C at 26"
Section American
Materials Shale | Mudstone
Description

Soft shale or mudstone whetstone-slab. Surface scratched in washing. Very smooth when found. Rectangular. Possibly mirror.

Length 13.2 cm
Width 8.3 cm
Thickness 1.7 cm
Credit Line Survey of Northern Tlingit Country, Frederica de Laguna, 1949
Other Number P-27 - Field No SF

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