Knife

56-28-2171

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

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 56-28-2171
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Denbigh Flint Complex
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus IYPB
Section American
Materials Chert
Description

Flake knife(?) fragment on grey chert. Triangular shaped. One surface has retouch on the surface and along one edge. On opposite side, the surface is not retouched but the opposite edge has been steeply retouched, looks bevelled.

Length 2.4 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Thickness 0.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956

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