Adze Item Number: 2018.O.002:06 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Description
Ground adze; brown/black; labelled "Hatchet Head"; chip TR; chipped bit; fractured base; depression on ventral surface
Notes
bifacially ground and polished ground adze fashioned from grey brown nephrite; sligthly biconvex cross-section with bevelled lateral edges; lateral edges taper slightly toward base; bit sharply bevelled; damage on bit; damage proximal end, poss. due to having been struck with hammerstone; strip of white cloth labelled "HATCHET HEAD" affixed to one face of tool
Provenance
Little Mountain School, Chilliwack, ca. 1960s, during construction.
Item History
- Collected by Greg Peters
What
Who
- Field Collector
- Greg Peters
Where
- Holding Institution
- Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Other
- Homeloc
- Sto:lo Material Culture Repository