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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0005-0815   CAS 0005-0815; Stone implement
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Stone implement
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone: slate
Description Large, flat, trapezoidal-shaped knife (?) blade with rounded lower corners and convex cutting edge; Crudely bifacially flaked along cutting edge; Color is dark gray.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.8, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 9.9