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69-16-439

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-439
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N8.5, W2.5 - house floor
Locus House 120
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Greenish, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, probably double-pointed, no ridge exists. Both surfaces flaked, distal edge has finer retouch. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis near one end.

Length 4.2 cm
Width 2.6 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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