Knife
56-28-2164
From: United States of America | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 56-28-2164 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Denbigh Flint Complex |
Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet |
Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Chert |
Description | Flake knife(?) on chert. Long, thick flake, strilling platform present. Retouched, unifacially, along small portion of distal end on dorsal surface. Utilized, or actual retouch, tiny flakes, along one edge on ventral surface. |
Length | 5.7 cm |
Width | 2.4 cm |
Thickness | 0.7 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956 |
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