Context (Found together / assemblage)
Sieveking notes that in Burial 25, 'one small broad quadrangular polished stone chisel with bevelled edges' was found below the waist, and a 'small quadrangular polished stone chisel' was found below the the left shoulder. The chisel found by the waist is 1956.244 E, and the chisel found below the left shoulder is either 1956.244 F or 1956.244 K.
Event Date 1954
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Field collection)
From Burial 25 (CHA A.1). 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. Broad, rectangular shape, with a curved cutting edge and a slightly curved butt. Cutting edge has a broad bevel on one side and a slightly narrower bevel on the other side. Cross section is pointed oval shaped.
Event Date 10/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad