New Acquisitions

Adze roughout. Cross section is irregular. The surface is flaked and bruised. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is unfinished and it is difficult to distinguish the front from the back. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Complete adze. Cross section is plano-convex with the back flattened. The surface is flaked and ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved, blunt and chipped.

Complete adze. Cross section is plano-convex with the back flattened. The surface is bruised and ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp but chipped.

Adze roughout. Cross section is rectangular. The surface is flaked. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is unfinished and demarcated by a series of flaking ridges and a reduction of the back. The cutting edge is blunt and irregular.

Broken adze, bevel end remaining. Cross section is triangular with the apex to the back. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground. The butt is absent. The bevel is demarcated by two ridges meeting at the apex. The cutting edge is straight and sharp.

Broken adze, bevel end remaining. Cross section is triangular with the apex to the back. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground. The butt is absent. The bevel is demarcated by two ridges meeting at the apex. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Broken adze (Butt remaining) Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is bruised. No differentiation between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Blade not present.

Broken adze, bevel end remaining. Cross section is lenticular. The surface is flaked and bruised. The butt is absent. The bevel is continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is curved and sharp.

Complete roughout. Stone. Black. Cross-section is triangular, with apex to front with back slightly rounded. Surface of proper left and proper right are ground with some flaking. Back is flaked. Undifferentiated between butt and blade, sides taper towards poll. Bevel is continuous with blade, flaked and unfinished. Cutting edge is sharp and curved, also unfinished. "Shag R" written on back.

Broken rough-out (Blade and part of butt remaining) Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked. No differentiation between butt and blade. Bevel and cutting edge unfinished.

Complete adze. Cross section is rectangular. The surface is flaked, bruised and ground. The butt is undifferentiated. The bevel is unfinished and demarcated by its ground surface. The cutting edge is straight and sharp, but chipped.

incomplete Roughly rectangular, with the narrowing on the sides from the blade to the poll The surface is flaked and ground. No differentiation between the butt and blade. The bevel is curved and continuous with the blade. The cutting edge is blunt and slightly curved.