Accession No

1955.352 B


Description

Tool or pendant made of ground and polished light green jadeite. Broadly oval in shape, with a conical perforation drilled through the centre. Biconvex in cross-section.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Myanmar; Upper Myanmar


Period


Source

Kaulbach, Ronald John Henry (Lt.-Col.) [subsequent collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1955.352 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Jadeite


Local Term


Measurements

34mm


Events

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: Lizzy Peneycad


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


Context (Amendments / updates)
1955.346-356 is a group of stone implements belonging to the Kaulbach collection and not entered with the bulk of the collection (1955.1-1955.38), but entered at the end of the 1955 register.
Event Date 1955
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1955.352: 'Two ground and polished stones, with a hole through each.'
Event Date 1955
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Tool or pendant made of ground and polished light green jadeite. Broadly oval in shape, with a conical perforation drilled through the centre. Biconvex in cross-section.
Event Date 13/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:304774

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