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Object Number
04-28-10/63564
Display Title
Nephrite celt
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adz blades, ground stone, broken, chipped
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bering Strait Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Lower Yukon River
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 5.1 x 1.6 cm (2 3/8 x 2 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
63564
Provenance
Collector
Rev. Charles Lemon Hall
Donor
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
(1904)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-28-10/63545 | Nephrite celt |
Adze
|
Alaska
| |
| 94-57-10/R43 | Scraper. Handle of wood, blade of nephrite. Entire piece smoothly ground. |
Adze
|
Alaska
| |
| 94-57-10/R38 | Adze head, nephrite. Butt-end roughly chipped along natural plates. |
Adze
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 06-5-10/65754 | Celt |
Adze
|
British Columbia
| |
| 78-45-70/16373 | Celt |
Adze
|
Hawaii
| |
| 94-57-10/R35 | Adze, head of nephrite. Stone blade has slight curve & is bevelled on one edge. |
Adze
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 38-48-70/889 | Celt |
Adze
|
Hawaii County
| |
| 38-48-70/888 | Celt |
Adze
|
Hawaii County
| |
| 05-2-70/64857 | Stone celt |
Adze
|
Rapa Nui
| |
| 94-57-10/R37 | Smoothly ground adze head of nephrite. Butt-end is roughly chipped. |
Adze
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 973-11-70/5237E | Stone axe heads and celts, ground and polished, e, f, and g appear to be basalt. |
Adze
|
Southern Highland?
| |
| 973-11-70/5237F | Stone axe heads and celts, ground and polished, e, f, and g appear to be basalt. |
Adze
|
Southern Highland?
|