Fragment Item Number: 2021.O.002:315 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre

Description

A very large unfinished nephrite Adze. The belonging is green, with stripes of black, with white speckles throughout, the surface has been grinded and polished down. On the dorsal surface there are two small flaked off sections. It's unifacially bevelled on the dorsal surface, with a possible unfinished second bevel on the ventral surface as it has been end flaked. The ventral surface' sides have also been sanded down to make a flat surface that gradually drops off the sides.

Provenance

No provenance - Collected from Fraser Valley/Vancouver Island/Northwest Coast.

Item History

What

Name
Fragment
Identification Number
2021.O.002:315
Type of Item
fragment
Material
nephrite
Overall
length 18.0 cm, width 13.003 cm

Who

Field Collector
Ken Pugh

Where

Holding Institution
Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Collected in
“Unknown” ?

Other

Homeloc
Sto:lo Material Culture Repository
Site
Fraser Valley/Vancouver Island/Northwest