Adze Blade Item Number: 2021.O.002:329 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Description
A medium sized adze blade made of slate. The belonging is a light grey with a fine grain, and some white/tan patina buildup on the right mesial portion of the dorsal face. Also on the dorsal face, one edge has been flaked off leaving a jagged but slightly unifacially-bevelled edge, and there are some flake ridges near the middle centre. The ventral face is smoothed near the blade's edge, with some arrises near the distal end handle.
Provenance
No provenance - Collected from Fraser Valley/Vancouver Island/Northwest Coast.
Item History
- Collected by Ken Pugh
What
- Name
- Adze Blade
- Identification Number
- 2021.O.002:329
- Type of Item
- adze blade
- Material
- slate
- Overall
- length 9.076 cm, width 5.318 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