Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to object reads 'Corseul. Côtes-du-Nord'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Acquisition Details)
Came to MAA in February 1951.
Event Date 1951
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Small fibrolite adze with asymmetric cutting edge from Corseul, Cote [sic] du Nord.
Event Date 1951
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Leckie (2015): McKenny Hughes made many collecting trips to France with other eminent scholars. His diaries record a number of journeys there between the 1870s and 1890s with Sir and Lady Lyell, Joseph Prestwich, Mr Foster, John Evans and a certain Mr Busk. The diaries show that McKenny-Hughes acquired artefacts from many different localities, establishments and people: he records some being found himself, some bought from locals (e.g. from innkeepers, workmen's cottages, provisions shops, and 'curiosity' shops in the towns and cities), whilst others were exchanged with fellow geologists and archaeologists. (The Sedgwick Museum Archives, Collections reference: HGHS, Box DDF 726, Diaries April-May 1872, Notebook B&C and Notebook of visits to Brittany 1876 and 1896).
Event Date 2015
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Katherine Leckie studied the French McKenny Hughes collection, as part of her Crowther-Beynon Grant, in 2015 and provided further Context information.
Event Date 2015
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Axe of polished grey stone, likely fibrolite. Near-rectangular in shape, although tapering slightly towards the butt end. Centred cutting edge with asymmetrical curve; mostly flat sides; flat butt end with notch. Asymmetrical cross-section, very bulbous at one side and tapering towards the other. Damage to both faces.
Event Date 29/4/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle