Axe Blade

53-54-62

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

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-62
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Mound B, upper level, dark sandy midden
Section American
Materials Greenstone
Description

Rounded tapered butt. Point and butt broken. One groove, especially deep on two sides. Reshaped from splitting adze?

Height 4.5 cm
Length 18.4 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 578 - Field No SF

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