Blade

33-37-72

From: United States of America | Alaska | Prince William Sound | Hawkins Island | Palugvik Village

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 33-37-72
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Prehistoric Eskimo
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Prince William Sound | Hawkins Island | Palugvik Village
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus Stratum I, A 6"-1'
Section American
Materials Slate
Description

Double-edged, slate blade for knife or lance? Appears to be waterworn. May have been an old specimen from beach, carried back to midden with load of gravel.

Length 6 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Danish National / University Museum Expedition; Kaj Birket-Smith and Frederica de Laguna, 1933
Other Number 85 - Field No SF

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