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68-22-191

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 68-22-191
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus House 3 | S 2.5, W 4.5 - in gray level which meets latent floor
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Dark, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical double (blunt) pointed. Subtriangular distal edge, straight proximal edge. Steep retouch on one surface of distal edge. Ridge parallel and close to distal edge. Both surfaces flaked. Finer retouch on distal edge.

Length 2.8 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition, Bruce Lutz, 1968

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