Adze

13146

From: Japan | Yamagata Prefecture

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 13146
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese
Provenience Japan | Yamagata Prefecture
Period Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain)
Date Made Jomon - Yayoi
Section Asian
Materials Stone
Technique Polished
Inscription Language Japanese Language
Description

Polished adze. Wider at cutting edge which is chipped. Tapers to rounded end. Gray stone. A group of nine polished adzes, namely 2289, 2290, 13144, 13145, 13146, 13147, 13152, 13153, 13154 and 13155, are typical of the type of polished adzes which appear throughout Japan from the Early Jomon Period onward.

Length 12 cm
Width 4.5 cm
Thickness 2.4 cm
Credit Line Exchange with the Japanese Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
Other Number 5 - Other Number

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