Context (Found together / assemblage)
Sieveking notes that 'a long beaked adze of polished black stone was laid upside down over the right shoulder of Burial 31'.
Event Date 1954
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Field collection)
From Burial 31 (CHA A.7). Excavated by Gale de Giberne Sieveking, March-May 1954, as part of an expedition by the National Museum, Kuala Lampur and the Raffles Museum, Singapore.
Event Date 1954
Author: maa

Context (References)
de G. Sieveking, G. (1954). ‘Excavations at Gua Cha, Kelantan (part 1)’. Federation Museums Journal, vol. 1/2 (n.s.). pp. 75-138. Pl. 8: 1.
Event Date 1954
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (References)
de G. Sieveking, G. (1955). 'Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Malaya (1954)’. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. 28(1). pp. 196–217. Pl. 5 (along right side).
Event Date 1955
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1956.244 A-M: 'Thirteen polished stone adzes or chisels, varying in length from A: 11.375" to small or miniature sizes, M: 1.5".'
Event Date 1956
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Large beaked adze made of a ground, fine grained, dark grey coloured stone, possibly slate. Elongated form with a trapezoid cross section, a triangular cutting edge with two symmetrical bevels, and a squared butt. Corners are sharply angled.
Event Date 10/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad