Accession No

1939.6


Description

Ground and partially polished adze made from a dark grey coloured stone. Rectangular in shape with a trapezoidal cross-section. One face is flat, and the other is bevelled towards the cutting edge. Polished at the cutting edge on both faces.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; Haiti; Liberte Bay


Period

Ostionoid Macady 750-800 AD


Source

Trevor, John. Carrick [?collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1939.6


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

60mm x 34mm x 147mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Excavated in North Haiti, in the region of Fort Liberty (Liberte) Bay.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Ground.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Display)
Exhibited: CUMAA Maudslay Gallery West Indies Case until 1984.
Event Date 1984
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (Display)
Previously on display in archaeology gallery, Case 70, Clarke Gallery 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (Amendments / updates)
J. C Trevor is John Carrick Trevor (1907- 1967), Cambridge lecturer in archaeology & anthropology from 1938, and whose unlisted whose papers include research on the British prehistory and the West Indies, held in the University Library
Event Date 30/7/2019
Author: rachel hand


Description (Physical description)
Ground stone adze of trapezoidal cross-section. One flat face, the other angled towards the cutting edge.
Event Date 16/10/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Ground and partially polished adze made from a dark grey coloured stone. Rectangular in shape with a trapezoidal cross-section. One face is flat, and the other is bevelled towards the cutting edge. Polished at the cutting edge on both faces.
Event Date 7/6/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:137840

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