Ax Item Number: 2018.O.003:60 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre

Description

ground polished axe blade, fashioned from black nephrite; slightly excurvate distal end, diagonal to long axis of tool; bevelled on dorsal ventral surfaces (bevel more pronounced on dorsal surface);straight lateral edges, tapering toward rounded proximal end of tool; biconvex cross-section with bevelled edges; proximal end battered; surface dirt

Notes

Collecting Bag 4 adze/ chisel blades) ; entered 24/01/2001, T Carlson; original location - Wooden Drawer 102

Provenance

Surface collection, Chilliwack area

Item History

What

Name
Ax
Identification Number
2018.O.003:60
Type of Item
ax
Material
nephrite
Overall
length 13.635 cm, width 5.009 cm

Who

Field Collector
Jeffrey Point

Where

Holding Institution
Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre

Other

Homeloc
Sto:lo Material Culture Repository