Description (Labels & Markings)
Flower-shaped paper label affixed to object reads: '5.'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: 'A'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in red ink: '44421' [MAN / Musée des Antiquités Nationales number].
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
Small label with blue border affixed to object reads: 'St Acheul. Base du quaternaire supérieur. 9-x-1891.'
Event Date 9/10/1891
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Other owners)
This object is part of a larger loan of Palaeolithic material from the French Government to the Museum, arranged in 1919 between Dr Reinach and Miles Burkitt for use as a teaching collection (see Loan File). Most of the objects are marked with the Musée des Antiquités Nationales (MAN)’s distinctive red number. They were accessioned in 1978 with Z numbers, but remain on loan from MAN.
Event Date 1919
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Stone Handaxe.
Event Date 29/8/1991
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
This object is incorrectly marked 1925.18, erroneously connecting it to Palaeolithic material donated by William M. Tapp. It is instead part of Z 25814, which was lent to the museum from Musée des Antiquités Nationales (MAN) and is marked with MAN’s numbering system; this identification was confirmed by loan lists (see Loan File) and by the manuscript note found with other objects also catalogued as Z 25814. It is unclear why or when this mistake took place, but it may relate to the fact that 1925.18 and Z 25814 are both Palaeolithic material from the Somme region of France.
Event Date 06/2/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau