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69-16-375

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-375
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N4.75, W9.50 - House 119 floor
Locus House 119
Section American
Materials Chert
Description

Light grey chert. Both edges are straight and converge in a point. The butt end is oblique to the longitudinal axis of the flake. Flaked with relatively large flakes (in relation to small size of artifact). Small flakes occur around the entire circumference of the artifact at the intersection of the ventral and dorsal surfaces. One large flake is removed across the ventral surface near the pointed end of the artifact.

Length 2.8 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Thickness 1.7 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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