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68-22-71

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 68-22-71
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus House 2 | House 2 floor
Section American
Materials Chert
Description

Two fragments found separately and subsequently glued together. Reddish-brown, fine-grained rock. Broken, midsection remains (with two or original edges). Ground on one surface only.

Light colored fine grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Artifact is broken into two pieces with the numbers 57 and 71. One edge is straight while the other is subtriangular. Both edges have steep retouch, but not over their entire length. The ends are narrow and are also retouched. A large flake (struck prior to the removal of the flake used to make this artifact) covers over one-half of the dorsal surface.

Length 10 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Thickness 1.1 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition, Bruce Lutz, 1968
Other Number 68-22-57 - Associated Object Number

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