British Museum ear-plug Oc.5850

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Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc-5850

Source author: British Museum

• Catalogue number: british-museum: Oc.5850

  Passage: Museum number

• Reported holder: British Museum

  Passage: Collection record

• Classification: ear-plug

  Passage: Object Type

• Description: Ornament: an ear-plug made of a fish vertebrae.

  Passage: Description

• Made at: Easter Island

  Passage: Production place

• Made during: 1868 (before)

  Passage: Production date

• Description: Found/Acquired: Easter Island

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• Material: fish bone

  Passage: Materials

• Description: Height: 2 centimetres Width: 3.50 centimetres Depth: 3.50 centimetres

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• Description: Inscription type: annotation Inscription position: face of ornament Inscription content: Shark Inscription note: written in pencil

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• Description: Donated by: Lt. M J Harrison

  Passage: Acquisition name

• Description: Presented by Lieut. M.J. Harrison 27 October 1869. Obtained by him during the stay of H.M.S. Topaze at Easter Island in 1868.

  Passage: Acquisition notes

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Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1613786926