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blade

Also known as: blade
Scope note: The term refers to two quite distinct types of objects. The first, more general meaning, is a component of a tool, implement or weapon. Where known, the name of the whole object should be used instead. In stone artefact terminology a blade is a removal struck from a core deliberately prepared so that the detachments have more or less parallel edges and are at least twice as long as they are wide.
Broader terms: component; production/replication; tool/implement
Narrower terms: aurignacian blade; backed blade; bifacially retouched blade; canaanean blade; chamfered piece; crested blade; levallois blade; long blade; malaurie or blancheres point; notched blade; obliquely blunted point; retouched blade; strangulated blade; truncated blade

7,780 related objects

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1981,Q.1928 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hawaii

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.9315 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Fiji

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.9684 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Zealand

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.9363 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Caledonia

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1898,0704.46 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Caledonia

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.6098 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chatham Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Am,MI.193 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:St Vincent

adze; blade

Museum number: Am,+.4408 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:NevisFound/Acquired:Barbados

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,NZ.98 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Zealand

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.6106 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chatham Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.9169 |
Ethnic group: x84311 Made by:Micronesian |
Production date: 19thC(early)-19thC(mid) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Kusaie

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1898,0704.41 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Santa Cruz Islands (Oceania)

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.9038 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Zealand

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.89 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Zealand

adze; blade

Museum number: Am,+.4409 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:NevisFound/Acquired:Barbados

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.9307 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:TongaFound/Acquired:Samoa

adze; blade

Museum number: Am1939,23.18 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Honduras

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.5636 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Port Moresby

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.9793 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Lesson Island

adze; blade

Museum number: Am,+.587 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:York CountyExcavated/Findspot:Humber, River (Canada)

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,RHC.57 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Gela group

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1979,07.88 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:May River

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,MCG.138 |
Ethnic group: x84612 Made by:Papua New Guinean |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Papua New Guinea |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Morata

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.2132 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tongatapu

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.664 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:HonoluluFound/Acquired:Hawaii

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.2136 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Apia (Samoa)

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1978,Q.521 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Caledonia

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,MCG.190 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Papua New Guinea |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Morata

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.6283 |
Production date: early 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Hawaiian Islands |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hawaii

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.6095 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chatham Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.6116 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chatham Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1981,Q.2205 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Cook Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.6114 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chatham Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1981,Q.1932 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hawaii

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1964,03.36 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Telefomin

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.4773 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Zealand

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1961,01.1 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Solomon Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.6103 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chatham Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.7947.b |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Caledonia

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1980,10.6 |
Ethnic group: Made by:EkagiMade by:Kapauku |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Wissel Lakes

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.9340 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Zealand

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.6108 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chatham Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.4905 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Zealand

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.2138 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Apia (Samoa)

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1863,0209.1 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:New Zealand

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1954,06.347 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Society IslandsFound/Acquired:Tahiti

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1954,06.345 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Society IslandsFound/Acquired:Tahiti

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1954,06.346 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Society IslandsFound/Acquired:Tahiti

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1954,06.348 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Society IslandsFound/Acquired:Tahiti

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.6115 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chatham Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1957,12.1 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:'Are'are

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.6101 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chatham Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1884,1226.2 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Shortland Islands

adze; blade; chisel

Museum number: Oc,RHC.60 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Gela group

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.2134 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tongatapu

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.6118 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chatham Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.9306 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:TongaFound/Acquired:Samoa

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1978,Q.518 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Caledonia

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.9308 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:TongaFound/Acquired:Samoa

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.2373 |
Ethnic group: x90967 Made by:Cook Islander |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Rarotonga

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.4777 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Zealand

adze; blade

Museum number: Am1894,-.34 |
Ethnic group: x90573 Made by:Northwest Coast Peoples |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Haida Gwaii

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.4247 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Howick

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.9342 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Zealand

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,MCG.140 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Papua New Guinea |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Papua New Guinea

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.6109 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chatham Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,RHC.56 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Gela group

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1957,09.6 |
Production place: Made in:Hawaiian Islands |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hawaii

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1898,1010.10 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Easter Island

adze; blade; chisel

Museum number: Oc.1707 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Rotuma

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.6113 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Chatham Islands

adze; blade; tool/implement

Museum number: Am.6772 |
Ethnic group: x90573 Made by:Northwest Coast Peoples |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:North America

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,+.2135 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Apia (Samoa)

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1978,Q.522 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Caledonia

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1981,Q.1935 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hawaii

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,MCG.54 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Papua New Guinea

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,RHC.61 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Gela group

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1956,06.1 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Cook Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,MCG.191 |
Ethnic group: x84006 Made by:Kiwai |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Papua New Guinea |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Kiwai Island

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,MCG.139 |
Ethnic group: x84612 Made by:Papua New Guinean |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Papua New Guinea |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Papua New Guinea

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1964,03.183 |
Ethnic group: Made by:TifalminMade by:Bufalmin |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Brolemavip

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,MCG.197 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Papua New Guinea |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Collingwood Bay

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.6478 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Caledonia

adze; blade

Museum number: Am,MI.251 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:St Vincent

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.9173 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Mahina

adze; blade

Museum number: Am,St.271.ff |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:West Chester (Pennsylvania)

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,RHC.53 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Gela group

adze; blade

Museum number: Am,+.4734 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ecuador

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,NZ.94 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Zealand

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1957,12.3 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Fataleka

adze; blade

Museum number: Am,+.4400 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Caribbean

adze; blade; plaque

Museum number: Am1907,0614.47 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Fikahatchee Key

adze; blade

Museum number: Am,+.5382 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Nanticoke

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1964,03.37 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Telefomin

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1884,1226.5 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Shortland Islands

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc,RHC.59 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Gela group

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc.9344 |
Ethnic group: x84234 Made by:Māori |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Zealand

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1973,05.19 |
Ethnic group: x84090 Made by:Kwoma |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:BangwisFound/Acquired:Sepik River

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1964,03.187 |
Ethnic group: x90959 Made by:Tifalmin |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Telefomin

adze; blade

Museum number: Oc1884,1226.7 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Mono