Adze Item Number: DhRl-94:19 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre

Description

ground stone adze fashioned from dark grey nephrite; oblique rounded bit, biconvex, slightly wedge-shaped cross section with one rounded and one squared lateral edge, tapers toward slightly rounded poll; bit is bevelled on dorsal face; edge damage (crushing) on bit; poll is bevelled on ventral face; some battering on poll

found by Edward Purcell

Provenance

found in Lehigh quarry; one of two nearly identical specimens (see 2018.O.010:18)

Item History

What

Name
Adze
Identification Number
DhRl-94:19
Type of Item
adze
Material
nephrite
Overall
length 13.738 cm, width 7.151 cm

Where

Holding Institution
Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Collected in
DhRl, Borden Number

Other

Homeloc
Sto:lo Material Culture Repository
Site
DhRl-94