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69-16-276

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-276
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N6, W3.1 - first layer under sod
Locus House 120
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Light colored, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert of volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, double pointed. Ridge on longitudinal axis. Both surfaces flaked. Distal edge has finer retouch. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis near one end.

Length 6.1 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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