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68-22-216

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 68-22-216
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus House 3 | S 4.5, W 6 - in gravel directly under grey level
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Dark, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Probably asymmetrical. base perpendicular to longitudinal axis. Both edges appear straight. One surface has shallow flake scars running from one edge to other; scars on other surface not as long. Broken peroendicular to longitudinal axis, less than half remains.

Length 2.6 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition, Bruce Lutz, 1968

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