Shale

32-8-116

From: United States of America | Alaska | Yukon Island | Fox Farm

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 32-8-116
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Prehistoric Eskimo
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Yukon Island | Fox Farm
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus 4' 5" - 5'
Period Kachemak Bay Culture III
Section American
Materials Red Shale
Technique Cut
Description

Cut red shale. Cut and decorated like the butt of a large barbed bone point, with 2 longitudinal grooves connected by 5 transverse lines.

Length 4.4 cm
Credit Line Alaskan Expedition, Frederica de Laguna, 1932

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