Planing Adze Blade

35-21-360B

From: United States of America | Alaska | Lower Yukon River Valley | Holy Cross | Frank Fox's Place

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 35-21-360B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Lower Yukon River Valley | Holy Cross | Frank Fox's Place
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Stone
Description

Fore end of large blade. Thin slabs of sawed slate. Basalt (Greenstone), so silicified as to be almost pure chert

Length 6.5 cm
Width 7 cm
Credit Line Yukon Expedition, Frederica de Laguna, 1935

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