Burin
56-28-2101
From: Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 56-28-2101 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Denbigh Flint Complex |
| Provenience | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Locus | IYPE-1 Dfc |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Chert |
| Description | Angle burin, single facet on projectile point. Fragment(?). It seems that this was a multi-purpose tool. While there is a burin blow scar on the proximal end of the former projectile point, it is found on a concave edge which has been retouched giving the artiface the appearance of a "spokeshave". made on black chert(?). |
| Length | 2.8 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Thickness | 0.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956 |
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