Nephrite Item Number: DiRj1:16323 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre

Description

VonKrogh Adze Type II; complete specimen; slightly expanding straight lateral margins from rounded poll to straight edged bifacially beveled; heat-treated; whitened from mid-section to distal end; both surfaces slightly rounded at outer surface edges; completely ground and polished; asymeterical rounded poll; one side exhibits long, shallow u-shaped saw groove from poll end almost to distal end; bit end; 25.04mm; bit end exhibits one fracture scar on one side of one bit corner (prob from use); bit-end bevels extend back from bit end 19.81mm on one side and 20.53mm on opposite side; poll end 21.25mm