Context (Field collection)
Surface find from Mogok ruby mines.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marking in black in on back reads: 'MOGOK'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Display)
Handwritten display label found with 1934.39 reads: 'Axeheads from MOGOK Ruby mines, surface finds, some of these stones occasionally 'sweat'. These are believed to be alive and capable of slight movement after dark, hence particularly valuable. Burma.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card notes: 'Some of the stones occasionally 'sweat'. These are believed to be alive and capable of slight movement after dark, hence particularly valuable.'
Event Date 1934
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1934.39: 'Axeheads and chisels etc.'
Event Date 1934
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Place originally recorded as 'Asia; South East Asia; Myanmar; Burma; Nogok'. Mogok probably refers to the well-known ruby mines of Mogok, formerly in Shan State and now in Irrwaddy Region. The Place field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 4/12/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Small chisel made of a ground, light grey coloured stone, possibly mudstone. Trapezoid in shape, with a rectangular cross-section, a curved cutting edge that is bevelled on one side and slightly convex on the other side, and an asymmetric, squared butt. Concave breakage along the left edge.
Event Date 17/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad