Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked '272 Barbados'.
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Shell Tool; ?Adze
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See archive for the Catalogue of the Fox Collection (Doc.547).
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Author: Esther Laver

Context (Auction / Sale)
Fox's catalogue records the sale information of this object, which was sold as part of the "George Arnold" Museum, Milton Hall, Gravesend by Mr J.C. Stevens on 4-5 June 1912. It was purchased as part of a group lot, no. 187 for 5/-.
Event Date 6/1912
Author: Esther Laver

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Shell scoop-like tool.'
Event Date 21/5/1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Shell adze made from the columella of a queen conch (Strombus gigas). Round cutting edge with a large chip broken off; rounded sides; tapering, curved butt, incorporating the siphonal canal. Ground surfaces.
Event Date 5/6/2024
Author: Esther Laver

Context (Amendments / updates)
This shell adze previously had no Source information. However the marking on the object corresponds to J.G.B. Fox's collection, and he has been added to the Source field.
Event Date 5/6/2024
Author: Esther Laver