Adze Item Number: 1924.1 A-C from the MAA: University of Cambridge
A) Small adzehead, slightly flared with shaped blade edge. B) Small adzehead with broken blade edge. C) Adzehead with rounded sides and slightly chipped blade edge. 1924.1 D-F are located in Archaeology Box 2929.; Good
The catalogue card states, A B) from Hammond on the Frazer River, about 50 miles from the mouth, and C) from Fulford Harbour on Salt Spring Island, about 30 miles from Victoria. Therefore the adzeheads are Coast Salish in origin. The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; The adzeheads would have been lashed to wooden handles for use, probably being used for wood working (G.Crowther).