Accession No
1901.13
Description
Ground adze made of greyish-green stone. Comprising of a slightly curved fine cutting edge, one flat face and the other curved, an incomplete narrow butt end, and a semi-circular cross-section.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Saint Vincent
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Cave, Charles John Philip [collector and donor]; Brown (Mrs) [vendor]; Brown (Mr) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1901.13
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
198mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered to object reads: '1901.13. St Vincent, W.I., Charles Cave. M.A.'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Well-shaped adze with convex butt and quite flat under-surface, and a very fine cutting edge; Ground
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Other owners)
Accession Register notes: 'Collected by Brown of Bellair from whose wife the donor [Charles Cave] bought them in St Vincent in 1900'
Event Date 1900
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'One well shaped adze with convex butt and quite flat under surface, and a very fine cutting edge.'
Event Date 1901
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Context (Display)
Exhibited: CUMAA Maudslay Gallery West Indies Case until 1986
Event Date 1986
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Ground adze made of greyish-green stone. Comprising of a slightly curved fine cutting edge, one flat face and the other curved, an incomplete narrow butt end, and a semi-circular cross-section.
Event Date 5/6/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:137799
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