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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