Blade

68-22-60

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 68-22-60
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus House 2 | N 4, W 1.25 - in lowest level (of 3) below sod in northeast quadrant
Section American
Materials Stone
Technique Chipped
Description

Black opaque cyrptocrystaline rock with concoidal fracture. Overall shape foursided. Two broken edges perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Two worked edges giving blade lenticular form if extended beyond breaks. Cross-section biconvex. Flaked on both surfaces with grinding striations prominent on central area of both surfaces.

Length 2.4 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition, Bruce Lutz, 1968

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