Blade Item Number: C349 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Black stone blade with rounded cutting edge at wider end. One side has two recessed areas. Edges are tapered; polished finish overall.
Narrative
This may be one of the stone axes of which Burnett wrote that an individual from 'Kolambangra' had discovered a cache of them, but when he took one home he fell ill and the villagers concluded that the axe was the cause, so they had removed the cache to an uninhabited island. Burnett persuaded someone to take him there, where he found twenty-three stone axes. He wrote, "As he did not appear to have any objections to them being appropriated by me, I annexed the whole lot."
Item History
- Made in Kolombangara, Solomon Islands before 1909
- Collected during 1909
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
Who
- Culture
- Solomon Islands
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Kolombangara, Solomon Islands
When
- Creation Date
- before 1909
- Collection Date
- during 1909
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 65
- Accession Number
- 2191/0740