Adze Item Number: 2018.O.002:08 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre

Description

Ground adze; depression on dorsal surface; green with rust coloured veins; bevelled edges

Notes

bifacially ground and polished adze fashioned from grey-brown variagated nephrite; plano-convex cross-section with bevelled lateral edges; slightly diagonal bit slightly bevelled on dorsal surface, sharply bevelled on ventral surface; damage to proximal end and ventral surface

Provenance

Little Mountain School, Chilliwack, ca. 1960s, during construction.