Side Blade
69-16-358
From: Alaska | Unalakleet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 69-16-358 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Alaska | Unalakleet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Archaeology Area | N4.2, W3.2 - house fill |
| Locus | House 119 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Stone |
| Description | Black, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture. Symmetrical. Base narrow and perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Small flaked driven off base parallel to longitudinal axis. Edge of tang are straight and converge toward base. Tang-tip junction is shallow arc formed by intersection of the edges of the two elements. Flake scars not parallel to one another, but are perpendicular to edges. They are large for an artifact of this size. |
| Length | 4 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969 |
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