Accession No
1955.356 C
Description
Axe made from a ground, brown coloured stone. Sub-rectangular in shape, with a curved cutting edge, slightly tapered sides, and a squared butt. Cross-section is pointed oval to sub-rectangular shaped.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Myanmar; Upper Myanmar
Period
Source
Kaulbach, Ronald John Henry (Lt.-Col.) [subsequent collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1955.356 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
57mm
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 1955.356: 'Three stone axes, sub-triangular and one is polished.'
Event Date 1955
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Axe made from a ground, brown coloured stone. Sub-rectangular in shape, with a curved cutting edge, slightly tapered sides, and a squared butt. Cross-section is pointed oval to sub-rectangular shaped.
Event Date 16/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:304794
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