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Description

Stone adze with flat top edge and obtuse bottom edge. [CAK 11/05/2010]

Longer Description

Stone adze with flat top edge and obtuse bottom edge. There is red pigment visible on the bottom edge of the adze that appears to be residue from use. [CAK 29/05/2009]

Primary Documentation

Accession book entry (for 1891.49.89 -.91): 'From Rev. Ch. Harrison, 80 Halton Rd, Canonbury Sq. N. Collection of Haida objects collected by him.... - [One of] 2 stone adzes & fragment of third. £45. [Purchase price includes 1891.49.1-110]

No additional information on catalogue cards. [JC 4 9 1996]

Written on object - HAIDA QUEEN CHARLOTTE IDS PURCHASED 1891 [CAK 29/05/2009]

Related Documents File - The Haida Project Related Documents File contains video of research sessions and interviews with Haida delegates from September 2009 as part of the project ‘Haida Material Culture in British Museums: Generating New Forms of Knowledge'. It also includes post-visit communications that discuss object provenance. For extensive photographic, video, and textual records documenting the Haida research visit as a whole, including but not limited to preparations of objects for handling, travel logistics, British Museum participation, transcribed notes from research sessions and associated public events held at PRM, see the Haida Project Digital Archive, stored with the Accessions Registers. Original hand-written notes taken during research sessions have been accessioned into the Manuscripts collection, in addition to select other materials. [CAK 02/06/2010]

Research Notes

The following information comes from Haida delegates who worked with the museum's collection in September 2009 as part of the project “Haida Material Culture in British Museums: Generating New Forms of Knowledge”:
This tool was viewed alongside other stone tools on Monday Sept 14, 2009. Diane Brown wondered if this was a digging stick, translated by her into Haida as 'dllduu'. Christian White wondered if this tool was originally meant to be an adze, but broke at some point during its life and was then after used as a grinding implement. He thought this could explain where there was red pigment on the tool. Christian added that red ochre was traded and that red stone is found on Haida Gwaii. He thought the black pigment on the stone could be natural. There was a request from delegates to test the pigment. Nika Collison and Jaalen Edenshaw discussed the kinds of stone the tool could have been fashioned from. Nika though it could be nephrite or obsidian. Jaalen thought basalt or chert were also possibilities.
In response to the collection of stone tools, delegates commented that the manufacture of stone tools occurred on Haida Gwaii and that it is possible to identify places where tools were made today based on archaeological analysis of detritus at the sites. They noted that there are a variety of stone types on Haida Gwaii and most of the tools found on Haida Gwaii were produced locally. There are sources of obsidian, for instance, although basalt is more common. [CAK 11/05/2010]

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