Accession No

1929.374 C


Description

Small axe or wedge made of a ground, brown coloured stone, possibly chert. Trapezoid shaped, with a curved cutting edge and a rounded butt. Truncated pointed oval shape in cross-section.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Myanmar; Upper Myanmar


Period


Source

Green, James Henry (Captain) [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1929.374 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; ?Chert


Local Term


Measurements

48mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
From the triangle in Upper Burma.
Event Date
Author: Annie McKay


Context (Found together / assemblage)
See 1928.995 for casts of three of the specimens numbered 1929.374.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Display)
Old display label found with objects reads: 'From THE TRIANGLE Upper Burma. See Map above case. See 'Man' 1928, page 26.'
Event Date
Author: Annie McKay


Context (Display)
Old display label, for exhibition with Kaulbach Collection, reads: 'Triangle of Upper Burma. Kaulbach Collection. [19]55.1-38. Obtained from Kachin families, who had owned them for years. Green Collection. [19]29.374.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Evans, I.H.N. (1928). '18. Stone Celts from Northern Burma'. Man, 28. pp. 25–26.
Event Date 1928
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1929.374 A-I: 'Nine polished stone chisels.'
Event Date 1929
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Small axe or wedge made of a ground, brown coloured stone, possibly chert. Trapezoid shaped, with a curved cutting edge and a rounded butt. Truncated pointed oval shape in cross-section.
Event Date 17/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:305109

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