British Museum collection record for British Museum tool/implement Oc,EP.19

Número de catálogo: british-museum: Oc,EP.19

Pasaje: Museum number

Custodia informada: British Museum

Pasaje: Collection record

Clasificación: tool/implement

Pasaje: Object Type

Descripción: Cutting implement made of obsidian mounted on a wooden handle

Pasaje: Description

Hecho en: Easter Island

Pasaje: Production place

Descripción: Production date: 1827-8 (collected)

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Descripción: Found/Acquired: Easter Island

Pasaje: Findspot

Material: obsidian wood

Pasaje: Materials

Descripción: Length: 6.25 inches (from original registration) Length: 8.20 centimetres Width: 7.30 centimetres Depth: 1.60 centimetres

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Descripción: Field Collection by: Hugh Cuming

Pasaje: Excavator/field collector

Descripción: Donated by: Hugh Cuming

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Descripción: 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.

Pasaje: Acquisition notes