Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white paint: '8.a.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Other owners)
Part of a larger collection of material given by William M. Tapp in 1925 but originally from the collection of Charles Hartley, which Tapp catalogued and numbered prior to his gift to MAA. The catalogue (now in MAA’s archives FG1/2/2) describes the collection as 'The collection of Prehistoric & other implements + specimens made by Charles Hartley M.A., Principal of the Royal College, Colombo, Ceylon', and explains that it was divided in 6 sections, each section having a specific collection history and a letter suffix (A to F). Tapp also explains that ‘On acquiring collections, C. Hartley washed the specimens, removed old labels + (where possible) marks, taking careful notes of the same; + remembered the whole'. Tapp's catalogue often records these old marks and/or labels that are no longer visible. Most of the objects are marked with a distinctive Tapp number (3 digit and a full stop, generally very neatly written on the object).
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Accession register description for 1925.9 [A-D]: 'Polished celt fr. Breteuil. A. Small pol[ished] celt. B. Chipped in [illegible] fr. Normandy. C. Small pol[ished] celt fr. Tours.'
Event Date 1925
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1925.9 [A-D]: 'Polished celts. A: Small polished celt from Breteuil. B: Chipped ?spear-head, red in colour from Normandy. C: Small polished celt from Tours.'
Event Date 1925
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A small polished axe made from an olive green coloured stone with small black mineral inclusions. Sub-triangular in shape, with a sub-rectangular cross-section, a slightly rounded, biconvex cutting edge, and a rounded butt.
Event Date 12/4/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad