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Projectile Point

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Object Number:53-54-249
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, lower level, depth 23", Shell midden layer
Period: Old Town I
Section:American
Materials:Slate
Height: 0.4 cm
Length: 4.8 cm
Width: 1.3 cm
Credit Line:University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number:916 - Field No SF

Description

Gray slate fragment. Facetted point. Both ends broken. Ground with diagonal scratches on main surfaces, longitudinal scratches on sides. Sharp rear edges, forwrad edges ground flat. Nothces on both edges behind point. Awl?

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