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Projectile Point

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Object Number:53-54-257
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: United States of America
Alaska
Knight Island
Yakutat Bay
Old Town
Culture Area: Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus: Mound D, Upper level, Depth 19", Dark rocky midden
Period: Old Town I
Section:American
Materials:Bone
Length: 21.4 cm
Width: 1.1 cm
Thickness: 0.8 cm
Credit Line:University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number:900 - Field No SF

Description

Long smooth pieces with blade-like tip and tang. Five barbs with incision along bases. Sharply curved backs. Rounded base or tip and tang broken off. Two fragments. Other pieces glued. Groove along bases of barbs.

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