Adze Blade

56-28-325

From: United States of America | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 56-28-325
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Norton
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus IYZ 5
Section American
Materials Chert
Description

Ground on bit, poll not ground and still shows flake scars, edge of bit shows scars of use, faces are relatively parallel, converging at same angle to form bit.

Length 3.3 cm
Width 3.2 cm
Thickness 0.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956

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