Matā E30738 — Australian Museum

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Reference: Torrence, R., Kononenko, N. and White, P. (2018). Revisiting Rapa Nui Matā. Rapa Nui Journal 31(1–2): 1–20. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/716984

Source author: Robin Torrence, Nina Kononenko and Peter White

• Catalogue number: E30738

  Passage: p. 5, Table 3, row E30738

• Classification: matā

  Passage: p. 2, Introduction, Australian Museum study sample; p. 5, Table 3

• Reported holder: Australian Museum ethnographic collection

  Passage: p. 2, Introduction, Australian Museum study sample

• Material: obsidian

  Passage: p. 1, Introduction; pp. 2–3, Methods and Materials and Table 2

• Description: Maximum Length (mm): 93; Maximum Width (mm): 121; Weight (g): 100.3; Stem Length (mm): 31; Stem Thickness (mm): 12; Stem Width (mm): 23

  Passage: p. 3, Table 2, row E30738

• Description: Blank: flake; Stem aligned: N; Stem Location on Flake: Lateral; Stem Retouch: Bifacial; Blade Shape: Horizontal rectangle; Edge Shape Opposite Stem: Point

  Passage: p. 3, Table 2, row E30738

• Description: Proposed Mode of Use: not used; Mode of Use Confidence: not used; Proposed Contact Material: not used; Contact Material Confidence: not used; Intensity of Use: not used; Proposed Hafting Material: probable wooden handle

  Passage: p. 20, Appendix Part 2, row E30738

• Description: Date: 1920; Source: Capt. J. F. Robins (RAN); Acquisition Details: Unknown; donor states that some Rapa Nui artifacts in this collection are said to have been obtained in 1860 (AM collection records)

  Passage: p. 2, Table 1, Acquisition of Australian Museum matā, row E30734-41

• Description: was hafted in the past, but the handle has not been preserved.

  Passage: p. 13, Postscript: Biases in Museum Collections