British Museum tool/implement Oc,EP.18

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Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc-EP-18

Source author: British Museum

• Catalogue number: british-museum: Oc,EP.18

  Passage: Museum number

• Reported holder: British Museum

  Passage: Collection record

• Classification: tool/implement

  Passage: Object Type

• Description: Cutting implement made of obsidian, mounted on a short cylindrical wooden handle, with twisted cord bindings.

  Passage: Description

• Made at: Easter Island

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

  Passage: Production date

• Description: Found/Acquired: Easter Island

  Passage: Findspot

• Material: obsidian wood fibre

  Passage: Materials

• Description: Length: 10.75 inches (from original registration) Width: 7.90 centimetres

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• Description: Field Collection by: Hugh Cuming

  Passage: Excavator/field collector

• Description: Donated by: Hugh Cuming

  Passage: Acquisition name

• Description: Oc,EP.17 to 19 come from the collection formed by Hugh Cuming on his shell-collecting expedition in the Pacific in 1827-8, given by him to the BM in 1831. They can be identified as no.24 on his list [nos.46 to 48 of the renumbering in the BM], which was described as '3 obsidian tools, Easter Island'. EP.17 and 18 still have their original Cuming labels, EP.19 does not.

  Passage: Acquisition notes

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Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1613200523