Sharpener

69-16-524

From: Alaska | Unalakleet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 69-16-524
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Unalakleet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Archaeology Area N4.3, W8.1 - floor
Locus House 119
Section American
Materials Slate
Description

Needle sharpener (?). Coarse slate. Each surface has, along the same edge, the remains of a groove. One surface blackened, and also has remains of less prominent grooves near center which run longitudinally.

Length 14.5 cm
Width 4.8 cm
Thickness 1.1 cm
Credit Line Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969

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