Description (Physical description)
Small fibrolite axe head from Cheresquil, Erdeven.

Event Date 1951
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (References)
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