| Object Number | 2308 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | South Japan | Yamato |
| Period | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Jomon - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Stone |
| Technique | Polished |
| Description | Finely polished adze. Wider at cutting edge. Very thin with rounded cutting end. Hole in handle end. Impression on one side of tool. Dark greenish stone with layered striations. Polished adzes have been found throughout Japan from Jomon Period onwards. However, 2308 has two distinctive characteristics. First of all the polished adze is flat in shape and its cutting edge is quite rounded. It is unlikely to have been very effective in this form. Second it has a hole pierced through one end. Third it has a shallow carved impression in one side. Perhaps this adze was created for uses other than utilitarian ones. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890 |
| Other Number | None - Field No SF | None - Other Number |
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