Axe Blade

53-54-63

From: United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-63
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Just above floor of storage house.
Section American
Materials Metamorphic Rock
Description

Fine-grained gray metamorphic rock. Ground smooth. One nearly flat side. Butt broken. Two grooves. Flat base. Reshaped from planing adze blade?

Height 5.6 cm
Length 16.4 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 229 - Field No SF

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