British Museum tool/implement Oc,EP.17

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Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc-EP-17

Source author: British Museum

• Catalogue number: british-museum: Oc,EP.17

  Passage: Museum number

• Reported holder: British Museum

  Passage: Collection record

• Classification: tool/implement

  Passage: Object Type

• Description: Cutting implement (mata'a) made of obsidian, mounted on a stout cylindrical wooden handle, tied with twisted fibre cord and wedged with two wooden pegs. Barkcloth over the tang.

  Passage: Description

• Made at: Easter Island

  Passage: Production place

• Description: Production date: 1827-8 (collected)

  Passage: Production date

• Description: Found/Acquired: Easter Island

  Passage: Findspot

• Material: obsidian wood fibre bark

  Passage: Materials

• Description: Length: 24.70 centimetres Width: 18 centimetres Depth: 5 centimetres

  Passage: Dimensions

• Description: Field Collection by: Hugh Cuming

  Passage: Excavator/field collector

• Description: Donated by: Hugh Cuming

  Passage: Acquisition name

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Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1613200520