Whetstone
56-28-124
From: United States of America | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 56-28-124 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Norton |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Locus | IYEA |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Sandstone |
| Description | An abraiding stone used to sharpen the tips of blades or projectile points. Many shallow grooves over surface, faces parallel; fragment. |
| Length | 4.5 cm |
| Width | 4.9 cm |
| Thickness | 1.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956 |
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