Splitting Adze Blade
33-37-454
From: United States of America | Alaska | Prince William Sound | Hawkins Island | Palugvik Village
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 33-37-454 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Prehistoric Eskimo |
Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Prince William Sound | Hawkins Island | Palugvik Village |
Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
Locus | Stratum IV, 2E, level 10 |
Section | American |
Materials | Greenstone |
Description | Broken, and reshaped as a planing adze blade. Light green dhloritic schist (or greenstone?). |
Height | 6 cm |
Length | 22 cm |
Width | 7.5 cm |
Credit Line | Danish National / University Museum Expedition; Kaj Birket-Smith and Frederica de Laguna, 1933 |
Other Number | 931 - Field No SF |
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