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68-22-221

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 68-22-221
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus House 3 | S 5, W 2.5 0 overburden
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Dark, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, double pointed. Distal edge triangular, proximal edge straight. Ridge on longitudinal axis. Both edges equally flaked, both surfaces flaked. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis so most remains.

Length 2.4 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition, Bruce Lutz, 1968

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