A nephrite item which is a small adze of an elongated sub-oval shape. It has a flattened-convex cross section and a one-sided blade sharpening. A butt is asymmetrically ovaled, thin edges are blunted and slightly diverge to an arcuate blade. On the one side of the blade, there is a break of the edge. The adze is made of a thin nephrite bar. Nephrite is light green with whitish veins.
| Material: | nephrite |
| Sizes: | 108*48*10 mm |
| Region: | Transbaikalia |
| Archeological culture: | Later Neolithic |
| Site: | Novaya Shishkovka |
| Storage location: |
The Museum of Buryat History |
| Inventory number: | НМБ ОФ-20276/3 |
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