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69-16-432

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-432
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N7, W4.5 - house floor
Locus House 120
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Black, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical with base oblique to longitudinal axis. Base appears broken and reworked. Both surfaces flaked. Distal edge coarsely serrated and more finely retouched. Slightly broken at base, most remains.

Length 6 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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