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69-16-392

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-392
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N9, W3.5 - overburder
Locus House 119
Section American
Materials Chert
Description

Black, fine-grained chert with concoidal fracture. Base straight, probably at right angles to longitudinal axis. Large flakes driven off parallel to longitudinal axis. Tang unknown. Tang-tip junction unknown. Flake scars large and deep - not parallel to one another. Flake scars in notches are smaller than remainder of scars.

Length 1.5 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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