Adze Item Number: 2018.O.002:10 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre

Description

Ground adze fragment; light green with some dark green; rust coloured veins; chipped bit; fractured base; slight groove on one lateral edge

Notes

bifacially ground and polished adze distal frag fashioned from green nephrite; rectangular cross-section with squared lateral edges; slightly diagonal bit, sharply bevelled on dorsal surface, lightly bevelled on ventral surface; tool snapped off behind bit

Provenance

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