British Museum collection record for British Museum tool/implement Oc,EP.17

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

Passage: Museum number

Reported holder: British Museum

Passage: Collection record

Classification: tool/implement

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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.

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Made at: Easter Island

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Description: Production date: 1827-8 (collected)

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Description: Found/Acquired: Easter Island

Passage: Findspot

Material: obsidian wood fibre bark

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

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Description: Field Collection by: Hugh Cuming

Passage: Excavator/field collector

Description: Donated by: Hugh Cuming

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