British Museum collection record for British Museum tool/implement Oc,EP.18

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

Passage: Production place

Description: Production date: 1827-8 (collected)

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Description: Found/Acquired: Easter Island

Passage: Findspot

Material: obsidian wood fibre

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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