Adze
41-22-46
From: Canada | British Columbia | Lytton | Fraser River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 41-22-46 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Salish |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Lytton | Fraser River |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Locus | old living site on Fraser River above Lytton |
| Period | Historic |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Nephrite | Jade |
| Technique | Chipped |
| Description | Thick celt or adze blade of dark green jade. Well smoothed faces and sides. Faces markedly, sides slightly convex. Broken butt, probably set in elk-horn handle. Slightly curved, sharp blade, tapering mostly from one face; no bevel. Probably used for carving wood. Used in sawing nephrite. |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Length | 7.2 cm |
| Width | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1941 |
| Other Number | 6 - Field No SF |
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