Bird Bone

53-54-489

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

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-489
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
Period Old Town II
Section American
Materials Bird Bone
Description

Light buff fragments with long, deep grooves made by stone burin. Dark, varnished bird breastbone. Groove lengthwise all sides cut.

Length 5 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Thickness 0.3 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 197 - Field No SF

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