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68-22-184

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 68-22-184
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus House 3 | S 6, W 1 - test pit, lower levels of floor
Section American
Materials Chert
Description

Light, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, double pointed. One edge is straighter than the other, which has finer retouch. Both surfaces flaked. Broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis near one end.

Length 7.6 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition, Bruce Lutz, 1968

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