Context (Other owners)
'LB' recorded on the object label was the acronym Beasley used to refer to collections he had acquired from the Blackmore Museum in Salisbury.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Other owners)
This object was previously in the collection of Harry Geoffrey Beasley. Its original Beasley number is not known but it shows an original Beasley label. This may indicate that Beasley never incorporated this object in his collection. It was purchased on 01 February 1931. [Lucie Carreau, 11/09/2017].
Event Date 1/2/1931
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
A small Beasley Collection label glued on the outer face of the blade reads: 'Banks Group ? / LB / 1.2.31 / A/E'.
Event Date 1/2/1931
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
A label glued on the object reads: '1944.oc.2' - this is the prefix that was given to objects from the Beasley collection when accessioned into the British Museum collection in 1944. Its presence here may suggest that the British Museum had originally selected this object for inclusion into their collections, but either omitted to process the object, or revised their decision to accession it into the British Museum's collections.
Event Date 1944
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Wooden adze with shell blade, bound to a flattened part of the head of the handle (part of the tree trunk) with sinnet. The actual handle a branch.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa