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32-9-414

From: United States of America | Alaska | Yukon Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 32-9-414
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Prehistoric Eskimo
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Yukon Island
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus L, 6' 6" - 7', layer 3, Below house
Period Kachemak Bay Culture II
Section American
Materials Bone
Description

Flat piece of rib (?) bone, barbed symmetrically on both sides with 2 pairs of barbs. Butt notched on both sides. To be attached rigidly? Cf. B.C. specimens.

Length 11 cm
Credit Line Alaskan Expedition, Frederica de Laguna, 1932

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