Code: 2485
Description: A good-sized basalt polished axe or adze of flattened form with a rounded butt and cutting edge and with a symmetrical posterior taper. A shallow chip and some smaller chips to the cutting edge, and some shallow inoffensive chips to the body, but otherwise condition good and a nice example.
Size: 210 mm/8.3 ins. in length
Culture: New Guinea, Melanesian
Date: c. 19th Century A.D.
Provenance: Ex Robert Stonard Collection, Surrey.
