Description (Labels & Markings)
Small, handwritten label affixed to object reads: 'Bought at Caen 1896 TMcKH'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Labels & Markings)
Small, green label affixed to object reads: 'Hughes Collection'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old labels adhered to object.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Auction / Sale)
Bought at Caen, 1896.
Event Date 1896
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1951.477 A-D: 'Four small, fibrolite axes from Brittany'.
Event Date 1951
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Acquisition Details)
Came to MAA in February 1951.
Event Date 2/1951
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Katherine Leckie studied the French McKenny-Hughes collection, as part of her Crowther-Beynon Grant, in 2015 and provided further Context information.
Event Date 2015
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
Leckie (2015): McKenny Hughes made many collecting trips to France with other eminent scholars. His diaries record a number of journeys there between the 1870s and 1890s with Sir and Lady Lyell, Joseph Prestwich, Mr Foster, John Evans and a certain Mr Busk. The diaries show that McKenny-Hughes acquired artefacts from many different localities, establishments and people: he records some being found himself, some bought from locals (e.g. from innkeepers, workmen's cottages, provisions shops, and 'curiosity' shops in the towns and cities), whilst others were exchanged with fellow geologists and archaeologists. (The Sedgwick Museum Archives, Collections reference: HGHS, Box DDF 726, Diaries April-May 1872, Notebook B&C and Notebook of visits to Brittany 1876 and 1896).
Event Date 2015
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
One small, fibrolite axe.
Event Date 4/6/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Amendments / updates)
A label on this object describes its purchase in Caen. As no other location is associated with this object, this location has been tentatively added to the Place field.
Event Date 29/4/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Axe of grey stone, possibly fibrolite. Surfaces ground and mostly polished smooth. Widest at its curved cutting edge, gradually tapering towards its flat butt end. Rounded sides near the butt end, flattened towards cutting edge. Truncated lens cross-section. Some damage along the cutting edge.
Event Date 29/4/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle