Accession No
1956.244 K
Description
Small stone adze or chisel made of polished, grey coloured schist or nephrite. Narrow trapezoid shape, with a curved cutting edge and a squared butt. Cutting edge is convex on one side and bevelled on the other side. Cross section is rectangular.
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 K
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; ?Schist; ?Nephrite
Local Term
Measurements
71mm
Events
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)
Possibly 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. [Note: This object is marked with the burial number CHA A.1. However, in the 1954 publication, only two small chisels are mentioned in association with Burial 25; these chisels can be accounted for by 1956.244 E, and either 1956.244 F or 1956.244 K, which are also marked with the Burial 25 number. The burial context for 1956.244 K is therefore uncertain.]
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)
Small stone adze or chisel made of polished, grey coloured schist or nephrite. Narrow trapezoid shape, with a curved cutting edge and a squared butt. Cutting edge is convex on one side and bevelled on the other side. Cross section is rectangular.
Event Date 11/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:304644
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