Accession No

1935.969 A


Description

Batu Lintar. Centred-edge adze made of polished green stone with a truncated lens cross-section. Incorporating a curved butt end and flat sides which converge towards a curved, slightly chipped cutting edge. Thin fissures across the surface of the adze.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Pahang; River Tembeling; Tahan


Period

Neolithic


Source

Noone, Herbert Vander Vord [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1935.969 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term

Batu Lintar


Measurements

46mm x 24mm x 244mm


Events

Context (Found together / assemblage)
The implements are divided into three sections, axe forms (1935.968), adze forms (1935.969) and gouge form (1935.971). [original note taken from the record originally covering 1935.969 A-C].
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Production / use)
'Batu lintar' is the native word for the stone implement and means thunder bolt in English' [Donor's note?].
Event Date 1935
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Production / use)
Donor's note relating to 1935.969 A-C: 'These run to 18 inches in length and are about enough to be used for tilling soil (?) generally narrower than the axe form (1935.968)'.
Event Date 1935
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1935.969 A-C: 'Three stone adzes. In this the working edge is the same as that of one of the faces'
Event Date 1935
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Stone adze. In this the working edge is the same as that of one of the faces.
Event Date 21/2/2020
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Batu Lintar. Centred-edge adze made of polished green stone with a truncated lens cross-section. Incorporating a curved butt end and flat sides which converge towards a curved, slightly chipped cutting edge. Thin fissures across the surface of the adze.
Event Date 12/10/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Context (Analysis)
Cf: Barton, Huw. (2013). ‘Myanmar and Malasia’ In Hicks, D. and Stevenson, A. (eds.), World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization. Archaeopress. pp. 517-524
Event Date 12/10/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth


FM:79226

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