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Object Number
94-57-70/R1979
Display Title
Polished celt or adze - nephrite
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ground stone, adze blade, ground mottled brownish green stone, tapering butt
Classification
- Adze
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Nissan Island
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 9.3 x 2.9 cm (6 11/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
R/ 1979/ Kino/ Thakombou/ Vo Ni Valu/ Figi/ Solomon
Provenance
Provenance
Frederick H. Rindge
(?)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Adze
|
New Zealand
|
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Adze
|
New Zealand
|
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Adze
|
Point Barrow
|
| 94-57-10/R38 | Adze head, nephrite. Butt-end roughly chipped along natural plates. |
Adze
|
Point Barrow
|
| 36-1-50/1854 | Polished stone adze, medium sized; polished stone celt, medium sized |
Raw Material
Adze |
French West Africa
Nigeria |
| 94-57-10/R35 | Adze, head of nephrite. Stone blade has slight curve & is bevelled on one edge. |
Adze
|
Point Barrow
|
| 94-57-70/R2004 | Adze with blade of nephrite |
Adze
|
Oceania
|
| 94-57-70/R1980 | Adze, nephrite blade |
Tool
|
Nissan Island
|
| 38-121-60/9704 | Polished trapezoidal stone adze |
Adze
|
Burma
|
|
Image Not Available
for Adze with blade of nephrite
| 94-57-10/R2004 | Adze with blade of nephrite |
New Caledonia
|
|
| 04-28-10/63545 | Nephrite celt |
Adze
|
Alaska
|
| 04-28-10/63564 | Nephrite celt |
Adze
|
Alaska
|