Adze

Item number 2018.O.002:07 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre.

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Description

Ground adze; green with rust coloured veins; chip TL BL; bevelled edges; depression on ventral surface; grooved on one lateral edge

Notes

bifacially ground and polished axe fashioned from cream variagated nephrite; rectangular cross-section with bevelled lateral edges; diagonal bit sharply bevelled; groove on one lateral edge evidence of detachment from parent material (poss. rejuvenation of damaged tool?); small portion of proximal end of tool present; damage to most of proximal end