Harpoon Blade

56-28-487

From: United States of America | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 56-28-487
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Norton
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus IYH-7
Section American
Materials Slate
Description

Ground slate, medial ridge on both faces towards tip, flat and thinner in cross-section towards base, straight base, base blunted, sides of blade sharp. Has oblique slit cut into blade from the base.

Length 3.9 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Thickness 0.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956

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