Side Blade
69-16-626
From: Alaska | Unalakleet
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 69-16-626 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Alaska | Unalakleet |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Archaeology Area | N3, W2.5 - floor |
| Locus | IP House |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Chert |
| Description | Grey, fine-grained rock with concoidal fracture (chert or volcanic origin). Asymmetrical, probably double-pointed. Distal edge highly convex (almost triangular) in shape. Proximal edge straight. Ridge on longitudinal axis. Both surfaces flaked. Both edges equally well retouched. One end broken perpendicular to longitudinal axis, but most of artifact remains. |
| Length | 2.1 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Thickness | 0.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Unalaklett Expedition; Bruce Lutz, 1969 |
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