axehead;incomplete celt axe;axehead, polished axehead


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From The Collection Of
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Accession Number
93/2000
Discipline
Humanities
Materials and Techniques
jade (material)
Place
British Columbia (creation)
Canada (creation)
North America (creation)
North America (collection place)
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”
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Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
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