Adze
2290
From: Japan | Honshu | Kanagawa Prefecture | Yokohama
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 2290 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Honshu | Kanagawa Prefecture | Yokohama |
| Period | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Jomon - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Stone |
| Technique | Polished |
| Description | Finely polished adze. Rectangular in shape. Sharp cutting edge at one end with several chips. Bevelled sides. The end opposite cutting edge is broken off. Dark grey stone. A group of nine polished adzes, namely 2289, 2290, 13144, 13145, 13146, 13147, 13152, 13153, 13154 and 13155, are typical of the type of polished adzes which appear throughout Japan from the Early Jomon Period onward. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890 |
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