Whetstone

53-54-206

From: Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-206
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus House 7, depth 38", gray sandy midden
Period Old Town I
Section American
Materials Siltstone
Description

Ends of bar whetstones, fragment. Very smooth. Gray siltstone. No right angles. One especially smooth broken surface; used as fragment? Glued.

Length 4.1 cm
Width 2.7 cm
Thickness 1.6 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 845 - Field No SF

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