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1938.36.1128

Ground stone adze.

1938.36.1128

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ground stone adze.
Long description
Tool. Stone adze, polished and mottled surface. Tang chipped and large chip from side.
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago New Britain South-west Coast Kandrian (Moewehafen) Selua Village
Cultural groups
Arawe
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 08/1937
Date collected
30 June 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked, Process Ground, Process Polished
Dimensions
Length 134 mm, Width 63 mm, Thick: max 27 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.1128 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1070
Research and responses

Note: Selua village is the name used by the collector. This village may have moved, may no longer exist or the name could have subsequently changed. [CK 05 09 1997]

Chris Gosden Curator of Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum looked at this object on 22nd May 1998. He ascertained that it is made of fine grain volcanic stone. [CK 22 05 1998]

Search terms: Tool, Adze

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