Splitting Adze Blade

53-54-5

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

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-5
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 rocky sandy midden.
Section American
Materials Greenstone
Description

Partial longitudinal slice of blade. 1 knob. Grooves? partly reshaped (for planing adze?)

Height 5 cm
Length 16.8 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 884 - Field No SF

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