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Barbed Head

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Object Number:33-37-375
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Prehistoric Eskimo
Provenience: United States of America
Alaska
Palugvik Village
Prince William Sound
Hawkins Island
Culture Area: Arctic Culture Area
Locus: Stratum IV, SA, level 9
Section:American
Materials:Bone
Length: 5.5 cm
Width: 0.6 cm
Credit Line:Danish National / University Museum Expedition; Kaj Birket-Smith and Frederica de Laguna, 1933
Other Number:1040 - Field No SF

Description

3 fine barbs and 5 very fine notches cut between a pair of longitudinal lines above each barb. The notches do not form real barbs. Varient of Yukon Island III type.

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