Accession No
1951.357
Description
'T-shaped' polished green stone implement, possibly adze or chisel. Broad, roughly rectangular blade, truncated lens in cross section. Narrowed body or tang, with a shallow sub-circular indentation on upper face, possibly for grip.
Place
Americas; Caribbean
Period
?Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.357
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
157mm
Events
Context (Acquisition Details)
Bought at Sotheby's by Louis Clarke.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Labels & Markings)
Labelled: 'Antilles'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Analysis)
Note on catalogue card in G.H.S. Bushnell's reads: 'Labelled "Antilles"!', implying that he did not think this was so.
Event Date 1951
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'T-shaped greenstone celt with gently curved blade, a gouge or adze.'
Event Date 1951
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
'T-shaped' polished green stone implement, possibly adze or chisel. Broad, roughly rectangular blade, truncated lens in cross section. Narrowed body or tang, with a shallow sub-circular indentation on upper face, possibly for grip.
Event Date 7/6/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:137831
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