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68-22-154

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 68-22-154
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus House 3 | S 6, W 5.25 - overburden
Section American
Materials Chert
Description

Fine-grained chert with concoidal fracture. Pentagonal. Base straight with small flakes removed parallel to longitudinal axis. Tang edges straight. Slight bulge on both edges at junction of tang and tip. One surface has parallel flake scars on both edges which are diagonal to edges and meet on longitudinal axis, forming slight ridge. Other surface similar, but interuppted by one large flake removal. Planoconvex. Serrated edges. Point broken.

Length 3.8 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition, Bruce Lutz, 1968

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