- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Shell adze
- Long description
- White shell adze-blade, smooth on one side and indented on the other. [ZM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 25/11/2004]
- Geographical reference
- St Kitts Ponds Estate site to the north of the sugar factory pier
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1930?, uncertain
- Date collected
- 1908 - 1930
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1966
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell, Material Tridacna Clam Shell
- Dimensions
- Length: max 92 mm, Width: max 50 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1966.29.148
- Research and responses
The town Bastia may have been mistaken for the town Basseterre, the capital and main town/port of St. Kitts. [MOB 2/10/2000]
- Associated publications
- Reference: Finding the Forgotten: Locating Transatlantic Slavery in The Pitt Rivers Museum Collection, Main author: Jane Webster, 2025, Page: 123
1966.29.148
Shell adze
1966.29.148
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