ALASKAN ARTIFACTS

ALEUT, INUIT ESKIMO

 

Knives, Spears and Lance Heads

 

Length: 3.513"

Thickness: .309"

Blade Width: 1.091"

Base Length: .646"

Base Width: .807"

Lithic Comp: Chalcedony

 

 

The Eskimo Knives in this collection were from

the Favell Museum of Klamath Falls, Oregon.
The pieces were originally collected by Guy Gilbert of Kennewick Washington,

and his daughter Alma Eades of Fairbanks, Alaska

 

This piece comes from the Gene Favell's Museum and was collected by Guy Gilbert.

Length: 4.268"
Width:1.984
Thickness:.529
Material: Chalcedony

 

 

Length: "

Thickness: ."

Blade Width: ."

Lithic Comp.: Brown Chalcedony

 

Port Moller Knife

Length: 1.86"

Thickness: .21"

Blade Width: .50"

Base Length: .44"

Base Width: .44"

Lithic Comp.: Green/Black Chert

Ex Guy Gilbert; Favell Collections

Aleut Side Blade Knife

Length: 3.017"

Thickness: .391"

Blade Width: .948"

Lithic Comp.: Green Chert

This artifact was found on Shemya Island

Ex: Joe Adams, Sammy Ray

See Aleutian Section

 

New Aquisition

 

Length: 1.6"

Thickness: .18"

Blade Width: .32"

Material: Reddish Gray Chert

Ex: Gilbert; Favell; Guest/McGlinn Collections

 

Length: 3.1"

Thickness: .28"

Blade Width: .68"

Material: Chalcedony

Ex: Kennedy; Stuart; Favell; Guest/McGlinn Collections

 

 

Knife

Length: 3.459"

Thickness: .329"

Blade Width: 1.053"

Lithic Comp.: Chalcedony

 

Length: 2.676"

Thickness: .376"

Blade Width: .914"

Lithic Comp.: Chalcedony

Ex: F. A. Goodbrod; Borgard Collection

Knife Form

Length: 3.141"

Thickness: .371"

Blade Width: .850"

Lithic Comp.: Chalcedony

Ex Guy Gilbert; Favell Collections

 

Oval Blade made from Dark Gray Chert

Length: 2.0"

Thickness: .2"

Blade Width: 1.0"

 

Length: 3.3"

Thickness: .36"

Blade Width: .84"

Lithic Comp.: Chert

Ex: Estergreen; Imler; Berreth Collection

 

Cascade Style Lance Projectile

Length: 3.695"

Thickness: .453"

Width: 1.045"

Lithic Comp.:  Chocolate Chert

Very Nice Flaked Yellow Chert Knife
St. Lawrence Island

Length: 3.647"

Thickness: .292"

Blade Width: 1.178"

Lithic Comp.: Yellow Chert or Nephrite

Ex: Hunter

Length: 2.6"

Thickness: .29"

Blade Width: .87"

Lithic Comp.: Dark Gray Chert

Ex: Guy Gilbert

Length: 2.3"

Thickness: .25"

Blade Width: .94"

Lithic Comp.: Basalt

 

Length: 1.8"

Thickness: .20"

Blade Width: .97"

Lithic Comp.: Green Chert

Hafted Knife Form

Length: 2.296"

Thickness: .258"

Blade Width: .1.001"

Lithic Comp.: Coarse White Chalcedony

Ex: Getty

 

Oval Knife

Length: 1.272"

Thickness: .268"

Blade Width: 1.099"

Lithic Comp.: Tan/Brown Chert

Ex: Getty

 

Length: 1.805"

Thickness: ,207"

Blade Width: 1.013"

Lithic Comp.: Dark Black/Brown Chert

Ex: Getty

 

YUPUK-ESKIMO

DENBIGH FLINT COMPLEX 4000-3550 B.P.
One of the finest Alaskan Knives I've seen

Beautifully worked Lance Point or Knife

Length: 3.035"

Thickness: .262"

Blade width: .946"

Base Length: 1.113"

Base width: Tapered-.772 >>.464"

Lithic Comp.: Blue Gray (Ice Berg) Chert

Width - 1"
Thickness ~1/4"

Ex: Hunter

 

 

Length: 2.5"

Thickness: .28"

Width: .88"

Lithic Comp.: Dark Gray Chert

Ex: Guy Gilbert; Favell

 

Length: 4.041"

Thickness: .590"

Point width: 1.237"

Lithic Comp.:  Chocolate Chert
Cascade Style Lance Projectile

Length: 3.069"

Thickness: .399"

Width: .754"

Lithic Comp.: Dark Gray Chert

Length: 2.654"

Thickness: .228"

Width: .935"

Lithic Comp.: Light Gray Chert

Ex: F. A. Goodbrod; Borgard Collection

Length: 2.484"

Thickness: .415"

Width: 1.231"

Lithic Comp.: Black Chalcedony

Ex: Guy Gilbert; Favell

Length: 1.782"

Thickness: .317"

Width: .824"

Base Width: Tapered

Lithic Comp.: Chocolate Chert

 

Length: 2.810"

Thickness: .376"

Width: 1.027"

Lithic Comp.: Black Chert

Ex: Guy Gilbert; Favell

 

Length: 1.788"

Thickness: .193"

Blade width: .617"

Lithic Comp.: Chocolate Chert

Hafted Blade

Length: 2.826"

Thickness: .386"

Blade Width: 1.052"

Base Length: .966"

Base width: .743"

Lithic Comp.: Black Chert

Ex: Guy Gilbert; Favell

 

Hafted Blade

Length: 2.363"

Thickness: .365"

Blade Width: .884"

Lithic Comp.: Green-Gray Chert

Ex: F. A. Goodbrod; Borgard Collection

   
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5-7/8" Hafted Ice Blue Chert Knife

Ex- John Williams of Bend Oregon, Ex- Charles Mitchell collection.

Mr. Mitchell was the curator of the Favell Museum in about 1972-1980.

This piece also use to be at Ye Ole Curiosity Shoppe in Seattle.

Oval Knife

Length: 3.225"

Thickness: .275"

Blade width: 1.675"

Lithic Comp.: Black Chert

 

 

Kotzebue Bay

Length: 3.764"

Thickness: .495"

Blade width: 1.200"

Base Length: 1.014"

Base width: Tapered

Lithic Comp.: BASALT
Contracted Stemmed Blade
Arctic Small Tool Tradition

Ex: Hanson

 

 

Unfinished Crescent Knife

Overall Length: 3.010"

Thickness: .342"

Blade width: 1.111

Lithic Comp.: Basalt

 

Overall Length: 2.954"

Thickness: .331"

Blade width: 1.452"

This may be a Whale Harpoon Toggle Head or Lance Head

See Typology Page: Lance section

Ex Hunter

 

Length: 3.0"

Thickness: .25"

Blade width: 1.1"

Lithic Comp.: Appears to be a Petrified Bog

 

Overall Length: 3.069"

Thickness: .381"

Blade width: 1.360"

Lithic Comp.: Black Chert

This may be a Whale Harpoon Toggle Head or Lance Head

 

Small Leaf Blade

Overall Length: 1.271"

Thickness: .108"

Blade width: .524"

Lithic Comp.: Gray Chert

Northern Archaic Tradition

Length: 1.725"

Thickness: .188"

Blade width: .861"

Lithic Comp.: Dark Grey Chert

 

Overall Length: 2.763"

Thickness: .288"

Blade width: .600"

Lithic Comp.: Solidified Mudstone?

*Stem Fractured

Ex: F. A. Goodbrod; Borgard Collection

 

Basalt Blade

Overall Length: 3.790"

Thickness: .232"

Blade width: 1.417

Haft Depth .709"

Ex: Hanson