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68-22-171

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 68-22-171
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus House 3 | S 5, W 2 - lowest house floor.
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Dark, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, probably double pointed. Ridge parallel to and closer to distal edge. One surface has shallow, wide flakes. Both edges finely retouched. Both ends broken, most remains.

Length 2.8 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition, Bruce Lutz, 1968

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