British Museum collection record for British Museum flake Oc.6340

Catalogue number: british-museum: Oc.6340

Passage: Museum number

Reported holder: British Museum

Passage: Collection record

Classification: flake

Passage: Object Type

Description: Flake made of obsidian.

Passage: Description

Made at: Easter Island

Passage: Production place

Description: Found/Acquired: Easter Island

Passage: Findspot

Material: obsidian

Passage: Materials

Description: Height: 6.30 centimetres Weight: 60 grammes Width: 6.70 centimetres Depth: 1.80 centimetres

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Description: Donated by: John Linton Palmer

Passage: Acquisition name

Description: Oc.6335 to 6341 were given by J L Palmer, a Royal Navy medical doctor. See his biography.

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