Adze

Item number 2018.O.002:17 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre.

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Description

Ground adze; cream coloured; dent on ventral surface; chip TL; bevelled edges; detatchment scar on one lateral edge

Provenance

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

Notes

bifacially ground and polished axe fashioned from cream coloured nephrite; rectangular cross-section with bevelled lateral edges; longitudinal grooves on one lateral edge on either side of snap to detach adze from parent material (poss. rejuvenation of damaged tool?); bit lightly bevelled on dorsal and ventral surfaces; proximal end damaged, probably from being struck with hammerstone or maul