axehead;incomplete celt axe;axehead, polished axehead
Object
- Accession Number
- OBJ_0026627
- Materials and Techniques
- jade
- Place
- British Columbia
- Canada
- North America
- Description
- This is a very highly polished stone axe blade made from jade. If they were used as tools axes like this would likely have been put into a wooden handle and used in a similar way to modern axes. This axe may have had a ceremonial function.
This object is not on display.
Inscription
Typed label affixed reads, “ Discovered and presented by Mr H W Seton-Kerr”
Annotation in black ink to affixed typed label, “From British Columbia” - Description
- This is a very highly polished stone axe blade made from jade. If they were used as tools axes like this would likely have been put into a wooden handle and used in a similar way to modern axes. This axe may have had a ceremonial function.
This object is not on display.
Inscription
Typed label affixed reads, “ Discovered and presented by Mr H W Seton-Kerr”
Annotation in black ink to affixed typed label, “From British Columbia” - See Elsewhere
- MDS record link
- Record Rights
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- CC 0
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