Harpoon Head

53-54-222

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

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-222
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Mound 8, under floor in subsurface, Pit #24, | depth 6.5", Gray sandy midden
Period Old Town II
Section American
Materials Bone
Description

Buff bone. Smooth butt, broken-off point and barb, one barb left. Smooth hole. Varnished. Possible beginning of hole next to finished one.

Length 9.7 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Thickness 0.9 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 773 - Field No SF

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