Context (Field collection)
From the Merovingian Cemetery, Amiens, Somme.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Display)
Label in the exhibition states that one of these artefacts (1951.758 A or B) is a bill hook.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1952.758 A-B: 'Two iron halberds. B: Plain iron head curved at right-angles to the split socket, the lower part of which is damaged.'
Event Date 1951
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Field collection)
Received as part of an exchange with the Muséum d'Historie Naturelle, La Rochelle in 1951.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Other)
Accession Register for 1951.757-762 notes 'Returned to La Rochelle, July 1952' and the entries struck through. This note was then later struck through and an updated note reads: 'Received back again and re-entered, August 1952... See letter from Dr Loppé.' The catalogue card records the same information, but with the additional information that this was 'received back from Dr. Loppé.'
Event Date 1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Archaeology Gallery, case 30, Clarke Gallery, 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Halberd made of iron, incorporating an incomplete split socket, which converges towards an axe head with straight sides that expand towards a cutting edge. The iron is heavily corroded and has been chemically treated.
Event Date 20/2/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth