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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