End Blade

69-16-812

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-812
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area Outside IP house, N3.8:W14.5
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Grey, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Artifact is lanceolate in shape. Edges of the tang element are straight but parallel to one another in the remaining section. Flake scars are parallel to one another and diagonal to edges of blade. Artifact is broken on the tang element at an oblique angle to longitudinal axis.

Length 3.7 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Thickness 0.2 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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