Accession No
1956.244 D
Description
Stone adze or chisel, made of polished schist. Trapezoid shaped, with a curved cutting edge and a rounded butt. Cutting edge has a broad bevel on one side and a narrow bevel on the other side. Cross section is pointed oval shaped.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Kelantan; Gua Cha
Period
Neolithic
Source
Federation of Malaya, Museums Department [donor]; Sieveking, Gale de Giberne [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1956.244 D
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Schist
Local Term
Measurements
112mm
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Sieveking notes that in Burial 27, a 'small broad quadrangular polished stone chisel with bevelled edges' was found by the left hand.
Event Date 1954
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Field collection)
From Burial 27 (CHA A.3). 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.
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.
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)
Stone adze or chisel, made of polished schist. Trapezoid shaped, with a curved cutting edge and a rounded butt. Cutting edge has a broad bevel on one side and a narrow bevel on the other side. Cross section is pointed oval shaped.
Event Date 10/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:304637
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