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69-16-88

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-88
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N5, W3.75 - top of floor
Locus IP House
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Black, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, double pointed. Distal edge straight. Proximal edge formed by two straight sections meeting at oblique angle. Ridge parallel to and closer to proximal edge. Both surfaces flaked, but over one-half of one surface formed by single flake. Distal edge has finer retouch than proximal edge.

Length 4.6 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Thickness 0.3 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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