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Holdings: 35mm slide: 17789
Date of Photo: Dec. 1982
World Region: North America
Region: Arctic and Subarctic
Country: United States
State/Province: Alaska
County/District: Aleutians East
Geographic Location: Amaknak Island, Aleutian Islands
Archaeological Site Name: Amaknak Island
Archaeological Site Number: UNL-00054
Description: Amaknak #1 Site. Assorted bone hunting and fishing objects. Left to right: 42283, 42642- harpoon dart point. 42474- harpoon dart point. 42568, 42369, 42661- toggle harpoon head. 42698, 42689- fish hook shank. 42859- compound socket piece. 42870- compound socket piece. 42260- single piece. Unprovenienced- latch-like object. 42872- probable bone foreshaft. 42699- two ivory fish hooks from Burial IV-2.
Image Categories: :; Artifact Function: Agriculture and Subsistence: Fishing Object; Artifact Function: Agriculture and Subsistence: Fishing Object; Artifact Function: Agriculture and Subsistence: Hunting Object; Artifact Function: Agriculture and Subsistence: Hunting Object; Artifact Material: Animal Materials
Source Type Detail: Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Smith, Kevin

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Full citation: "Amaknak #1 Site. Assorted bone hunting and fishing objects. Left to right: 42283, 42642- harpoon dart point. 42474- harpoon dart point. 42568, 42369, 42661- toggle harpoon head. 42698, 42689- fish hook shank. 42859- compound socket piece. 42870- compound socket piece. 42260- single piece. Unprovenienced- latch-like object. 42872- probable bone foreshaft. 42699- two ivory fish hooks from Burial IV-2.". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-2555/2555. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 19, 2024.