Accession No

1955.353.32


Description

Small axe made of ground brown stone and polished cutting edge. Incorporating a curved butt end, rounded sides which converge towards a curved cutting edge, and a lenticular cross-section. One side is curved inwards.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Myanmar; Upper Myanmar


Period


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1955.353.32


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

36mm


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: Alana Edgeworth


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


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)
Description for 1955.353 [.1-39]: 'Thirty-nine small stone ground and polished celts.'
Event Date 1955
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Small axe made of ground brown stone and polished cutting edge. Incorporating a curved butt end, rounded sides which converge towards a curved cutting edge, and a lenticular cross-section. One side is curved inwards.
Event Date 16/10/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth


FM:305024

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