Gouge (uncertain)

Adze (uncertain)

53-54-469

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

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-469
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Mound B, upper level.
Section American
Materials Whale Bone
Description

Light buff. Whale-rib gouge? Adze head? Trough-shaped length. Cut at one end, other end bevelled on inner face.

Length 10 cm
Width 4.9 cm
Thickness 2.4 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 68 - Field No SF

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