British Museum collection record for British Museum ear-plug Oc.5850

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

Passage: Findspot

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

Passage: Inscriptions

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