Accession No

1935.407


Description

Plaster cast of a shouldered adze. The adze has a rectangular blade that is slightly convex on one face and very convex on the other face, a narrow shoulder, and a rectangular tang that is convex on one face and flat on the other face.


Place

Asia; East Asia; China; Hong Kong; Lamma Island


Period


Source

Shellsliear, Joseph Lexden [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1935.407


Cultural Affliation


Material

Plaster


Local Term


Measurements

62mm x 702mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marking in black ink on butt end: '121'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Display)
Old display label found with object reads: 'Cast of an implement from Lamma Id Hong Kong.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Display)
Part of a historic museum display of Asian stone tools in a cabinet drawer. Found in August 2006 below a layer of beads which formed subsequent display/storage in the Beck Bead Cabinet in the Babington Workroom.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (Analysis)
Note on catalogue card for 1935.407: 'Recalling Polynesian types - really intermediate between two types.'
Event Date 1935
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1935.407: 'Cast of a stone implement. Shouldered.'
Event Date 1935
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Annual Report description for 1935.407: 'Cast of a shouldered axe.'
Event Date 1936
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
Plaster cast of a shouldered adze. The adze has a rectangular blade that is slightly convex on one face and very convex on the other face, a narrow shoulder, and a rectangular tang that is convex on one face and flat on the other face.
Event Date 26/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


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