Planing Adze Blade

53-54-30

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

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-30
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus House 1-fill. Dark sandy midden.
Section American
Materials Slate
Description

Green slate. Long rectangular outline, unsmoothed, except at planing edge. Maybe ax, chisel.

Height 1.5 cm
Length 17.3 cm
Width 3.3 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 675 - Field No SF

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