Adze (nephrite)

An adze is made of a thickened dark-green nephritis bar with some natural intersperses and veins of sub-rectangular shape. The butt is oval, the blade is straight. Faces are grinded almost completely (except butt area). The edges are in the shape of straight faces, the surface is grinded unevenly, one edge is half treated.

Material: nephrite
Sizes: 95,01*39,44*13,52 mm
Region: Transbaikalia
Archeological culture: Later Neolithic
Site: Novaya Shishkovka
Storage location:

The museum of Buryat History

Inventory number: НМБ ОФ-20276/2

 

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