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Adze Core, Stone2582

One nephrite adze core. A piece of tape is adhered on one side. An old label is adhered on same side. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Boulder of rimmed and mottled light green. Fide donor GTE: Water worn boulder of a light green veined and mottled with a darker green. It shows three grooves where cutting has been commenced for the separation of sections for the makeing of implements. From near Lytton, B.C.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Core, Stone2579

One nephrite adze core. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Section of bright green jade, 6 miles above Lytton, B.C. Fide donor GTE: Large flat section of bright green jade showing two cutting grooves and a broken side the length of one of the narrower faces. Found on an old living site at the mouth of Stein Creek, emptying into the Fraser River about six miles above Lytton. Green nephrite or jade oblong cobble; flat with rought major surfaces. All peripheral surfaces are smoothed (three are assumed to be smoothed by natural processes; the fourth has two saw marks running the length of the object, with a strip of rought surface in between).

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Core, Stone2567

One nephrite adze core. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Stock piece of pale whitish green jade. Mouth of Thompson River near Lytton, B.C. Fide donor GTE: Section of a stock piece of a pale whitish green jade from which several pieces have been cut. It shows five cutting faces and grooves and one broken edge. Dug up near Lytton at the mouth of the Thompson River, B.C.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Core, Stone2561

One modified adze core. L. St. Kitts 5/14/2009 Led: Stock piece of yellowish green jade. Near Lytton, B.C. Fide donor GTE: Stock piece of jade of a yellowish shade of green which shows two cutting grooves and a broken edge where a section has been cut off. Found near Lytton, B.C. on the Fraser River.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Core, Stone2551

One nephrite adze core. L. St. Kitts 05/14/2009 Led: Stock piece of translucent green jade. Found on Fraser River 10 miles above Lytton, B.C. Fide donor GTE: A stock piece of jade of a translucent green veined with a darker green. It has been worked smooth on both broader faces, and on one side shows a shallow groove, broken about. It was found on the site of an old living place on a plateau or bench on the north bank of the Frazer River [sic] ten miles above the mouth of the Thompson River, British Columbia.

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Blade, Stone45KI23/1672.00.01

Beveled nephrite adze blade. The proximal end is broken. There are striations from grinding present on the entire surface. There are chips along the edge of the blade, presumably from use. Provenience Data: N.: 163 E.: 7 Q: F Stratum: 15.04 Level: n/a Feature: n/a Pit: n/a Comments: C.L., Bulk, Adze Blade

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Blade, Stone2003-146/17

Adze blade is made out of quartzite and is ground. It has a bifacially bevelled and curved bit. One side has a drop of cream-colored residue on its mid-section. (S.Iles 3/30/2004)

Material
quartzite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Blade, Stone2003-146/15

Adze blade is made out of nephrite and is ground. It has a bifacially bevelled and straight bit. There is tape or label residue in the center of the labeled side. (S.Iles 3/30/2004)

Material
nephrite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Blade, Stone2003-146/14

Adze blade is made out of stone and is ground. It has a unifacially bevelled bit. (S.Iles 3/30/2004)

Material
stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Adze Blade, Stone2003-146/13

Adze blade is made out of jadite and is ground. It has a unifacially bevelled and straight bit. (S.Iles 3/30/2004)

Material
jadeite stone
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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