End Blade Fragment

69-16-45

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-45
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N4, W9 - top of floor
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Obsidian
Description

Black obsidian. Possibly lanceolate type end blade. Base concave and has one large flake driven off one surface producing a small "flute." Flake scars parallel to each other on one surface only. Artifact broken so that two oblique angles to longitudinal axis are formed - tang element remains.

Length 1.5 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Thickness 0.2 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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