Ulu

Knife

53-54-133

From: United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-133
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Storage House, Subsurface Pit #15 probably placed between wall and floor, depth 47"
Period Old Town II
Section American
Materials Copper | Wood
Description

Copper and wood (green and black) haft. Complete blade, nearly symmetrical, nearly angular, rather than curved. Much corroded. Broken and cracked wooden handle, glued, depression in side. Fragment of cordage with.

Length 8.5 cm
Width 2 cm
Thickness 0.7 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 193 - Field No SF

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