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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