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69-16-293

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-293
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area House floor, test pit
Locus House 120
Section American
Materials Chert (uncertain)
Description

Black, fine-grained rock with light and sparkling inclusions and concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, probably double pointed. No ridge. Both surfaces flaked. Distal edge has slightly finer retouch. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis near one end.

Length 4.8 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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