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1940.12.858.7

Rough, flat rectangular piece of dull pink stone, possibly broken through heat or retouched into a scraper. Remains of molten greenish ?glass on one surface. [JMC 19/3/2019]

1940.12.858.7

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Collection type
Object
Description
Rough, flat rectangular piece of dull pink stone, possibly broken through heat or retouched into a scraper. Remains of molten greenish ?glass on one surface. [JMC 19/3/2019]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Ishigo, South Kyushu Satsuma-hanto Peninsula
Person
Field collector Munro
Field collector Neil Gordon Munro
PRM source Charles Gabriel Seligman
PRM source Brenda Zara Seligman
Date
Date collected
1914-15
Acquisition information
Donated: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Material Glass, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Depth: max 7 mm, Width: max 33 mm, Length: max 101 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.12.858.7
Research and responses

The 'burrows' at Ishigo were explored by Munro in October 1915. There is a photo of Munro emerging from one of these burrows in the Royal Anthropological Institute archives (MS 249/20/1.9b). The photos were donated to the RAI in 1963 by B.Z. Seligman. [AS 21/10/2011]

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