Splitting Adze Blade

53-54-14

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

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-14
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, tan sandy midden with thermal-fractured rocks.
Section American
Materials Schist
Description

Green schist. Ground smooth; one side broken off. No groove, rounded butt, rounded edges.

Height 3 cm
Length 1.05 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 715 - Field No SF

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