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SHEMYA ISLAND ARTIFACTS
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Aleut Artifacts from Kiska, Umak, Unalaska, and Pribilof Islands
and a few of Unknown
Origin
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SHEMYA ISLAND
Side Knife
Length: 3.038"
Thickness: .389"
Width: .936"
Lithic Comp.:
Green Chert
Length: 2.583"
Thickness: .300"
Width: .890"
Lithic Comp.:
Dark Green Chert
Length: 3.431"
Thickness: .342"
Width: .815"
Lithic Comp.:
Basalt
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Oval Knife
Length: 4.501"
Thickness: .57"
Width: 1.88"
Lithic Comp.:
Green Schist ?
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Hide Scraper
Length: 3.431"
Thickness: .342"
Width: .815"
Lithic Comp.:
Green Schist ? |
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Sydney Conner
Collection
From what I have been told Sydney Conner was an archeologist and a surveyor
from Girard College Phila. Pa. The paper
documentation material appears to indicate that this material was excavated from
sites in the Aleutian Island chain during 1939. There is mention of the word "Kiska". There
is also mention of Unalaska and Pribilof. These paper items are dated
1939. A small match box says Butter Earth Loess on the back side. A few of the
items are stamped Unalaska.
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ABRADER
Length: 3.28"
Width: 3.00"
Thickness: 1.26"
Material:
basaltic
(mafic) pumice, more correctly called
scoria |
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Whale Teeth |
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Bone Tool: Could
be a wedge, Adz or Socketed Scraper...Bit is highly polished. |
Seal Skin Shoe:
Grass was used as insulation
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Net Weight from
UMAK Island
Length: 2.34"
Width: 2.03"
Material :
Basalt |
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Scraper/Knife from
UMAK Island
Length: 1.80"
Width: .964"
Material :
Obsidian |
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Hammer from
Unalaska Island
Length: 4.17"
Width: 3.38"
Thickness: 2.06"
Material :
Cobble Basalt
Hammer appears
to have finger holds, Also is grooved, so I'm not sure
if this may have been used hafted or may have been used
as a net sinker |
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First appearance I
thought it was a Hammer . However with a little digging
into my references I believe this may in fact be a
grooved net weight
Length: 3.847"
Width: 2.797"
Thickness: 2.05"
Material :
Cobble Basalt
Opposite Side
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Single Grooved
Hammer from Unalaska Island
Length: 3.72"
Width: 2.64"
Thickness: 2.23"
Material :
Cobble Basalt |
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Outstanding and
Very difficult to acquire
Obsidian Projectile
from Unalaska Island
Length: 1.88"
Width: 1.32" |
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Obsidian Bi face
Knife from Unalaska Island
Hafting area is
snapped off :>(
Length: 4.25"
Width: 2.66" |
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Classic Aleut
Curved Knife
Unalaska Island
Length: 2.59"
Width: 1.15"
Material: Basalt |
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Obsidian Side
notched Blade
Unalaska
Island
Appears to have
been made from a flake
Length: 1.93"
Width: .768" |
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Chert Side Blade
Unalaska Island
Made from a
flake
Length: 3.05"
Width: 1.23" |
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Single Grooved
Hammer from Unalaska Island
Length: 3.87"
Width: 1.89"
Thickness: 2.06"
Material :
Cobble Basalt |
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Length: 1.217"
Thickness: .184"
Width: .449"
Lithic Comp.:
Brown Chalcedony
Aleutian
Tradition |
Length: 1.257"
Thickness: .166"
Width: .445"
Lithic Comp.:
Green Chert
Norton Tradition |
Length: .946"
Thickness: .077"
Width: .362"
Lithic Comp.:
Banded Chalcedony
Aleutian
Tradition |
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Length: 2.829"
Thickness: .277"
Width: 1.052"
Lithic Comp.:
Olive Chert
Aleutian Tradition |
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Length: 1.685"
Thickness: .179"
Width: .535"
Lithic Comp.:
Basalt
Aleutian Tradition |
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