Description (Labels & Markings)
Old label adds: 'Kaulbach Collection. 1955.1-38. Obtained from Kachin families who had owned them for years.'
Event Date
Author: Annie McKay

Context (Other owners)
The Kaulbach Collection had previously been in possession of various Kachin families for years.
Event Date
Author: Annie McKay

Context (Field collection)
From Triangle of Upper Burma, between latitudes 25 degrees 45 minutes and 27 degrees, and the Nmai Kha and Mali Khan rivers.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1955.17 A-H: 'Small, polished adzes with long, finger-nail like blade, generally a slight shoulder, and tang formed by original crust or pecked surface. Of jade or weathered greeenish rock. Length 3 to 6.5 cm.'
Event Date 1955
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A ground and partially polished shouldered stone adze, with a narrow tang and shoulder with cortex remaining, and a flared cutting edge. It has curved sides and plano-convex cross-section. It is mostly brown in colour.
Event Date 13/10/2023
Author: Emily Shorter