Chip

49-25-96

From: United States of America | Alaska | Admiralty Island | Mole Harbor

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 49-25-96
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Taku Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Admiralty Island | Mole Harbor
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Slate
Description

Large; with naturally sharped edges and partially worked surfaces. Mr. Hasselborg reports that such chips were common in the site and he thinks they were used as knives

Length 11.8 cm
Width 7 cm
Credit Line Survey of Northern Tlingit Country, Frederica de Laguna, 1949

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