Description (Labels & Markings)
Typed paper label affixed to object reads: '98'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label on orange paper reads: 'Acland Collection'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white: '12'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label (in von Hugel's hand?) reads: 'Shetland Isl 1890 Dep. 1892 [unclear] Acland'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label reads: 'Acland Colln. Prof. Hughes 1913'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Other owners)
Professor Thomas McKenny Hughes donated two distinct collections from Acland (possibly Rev. C.L. Acland), which are recorded in the 1913 Annual Report: one from Peru and one from the Shetland Islands. This object is one of those from the Shetland Islands, which is listed in the 1913 Annual Report (AR 1913.410-412). However, it is possible that the collection came in earlier, as a label in von Hugel's hand on TEMP.00562 reads 'Dep 1892'; possibly McKenny Hughes gave money to purchase the collection so that it entered the museum's permanent collection. In either case, it does seem as though it was not given a proper accession number: the Annual Report entry was pasted into the 1913 Accession Register, possibly as a place holder.
Event Date 1913
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Annual Report: Peat cutter with spurred blade.
Event Date 1913
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Agricultural tool. Wooden tool with iron end and cutter at right angle.
Event Date 30/8/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2025.6135 | Freezing
Event Date 20/1/2025
Author: Kirsty Kernohan