Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in white ink: '457'
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Author: Alana Edgeworth

Description (Labels & Markings)
Indecipherable marking in black ink on one face.
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Description (Labels & Markings)
White label with blue border adhered to object however text is indecipherable.
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Author: Alana Edgeworth

Description (Labels & Markings)
Red circular label adhered to object reads: 'Our Early Ancestors'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Context (Other owners)
This object is part of a larger collection of material given by William M. Tapp in 1925 but originally from the collection of Charles Hartley, which Tapp catalogued and numbered prior to his gift to MAA. The catalogue (now in MAA’s archives FG1/2/2) describes the collection as 'The collection of Prehistoric & other implements + specimens made by Charles Hartley M.A., Principal of the Royal College, Colombo, Ceylon', and explains that it was divided in 6 sections, each section having a specific collection history and a letter suffix (A to F). Tapp also explains that ‘On acquiring collections, C. Hartley washed the specimens, removed old labels + (where possible) marks, taking careful notes of the same; + remembered the whole'. Tapp's catalogue often records these old marks and/or labels that are no longer visible on labels. Most of the objects are marked with a distinctive Tapp number (3 digit and a full stop, generally very neatly written on the object).
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1925.12[.1-4]: 'Holed axes, polished celt and fine chisel, chipped flint.'
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register description for 1925.12[.1-4]: 'Holed axes, polished celt, chisel etc.'
Event Date 1925
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Context (References)
Burkitt, Miles. (1926). Our Early Ancestors: An Introductory Study of Mesolithic, Neolithic and Copper Age Cultures in Europe and Adjacent Regions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Event Date 1926
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Description (Physical description)
Partially chipped and polished axe made of brown flint, incorporating a curved butt end, flat sides and flat cutting edge with a truncated lens cross-section.
Event Date 26/4/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth