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1916.36.109.4

Piece of wood used to wedge a stone spear head to a carved wooden shaft.

1916.36.109.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Piece of wood used to wedge a stone spear head to a carved wooden shaft.
Geographical reference
Rapa Nui
Oceania > Polynesia > Rapa Nui
Date / Period
Date made: Before 18/08/1915
Date collected
Between 29 March 1914 and 18 August 1915
Acquisition information
Donated: 1916
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 41 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1916.36.109.4
Research and responses

Please note that this number has been assigned to this object after lying out and cataloguing the entire collection of stone tools that the Routledge's collected from Easter Island. Many of these objects had no information that we could use to determine which accession number was assigned when these objects were accessioned as the details in the accession book are rather vague. Therefore we have matched items to records as best we could, but if other objects are located at some time in the future these records may have to been amended. [ZM & L.Ph 29/4/2004]

Please note that the Routledge's published account of their journey includes many specific object references, drawings, maps and photographs. Please refer to: Routledge, Mrs. [Katherine] Scoresby Routledge (1919) The Mystery of Easter Island: The Story of an Expedition. London: Sifton, Praed & Co. Ltd. [L.Ph 29/4/2004]

Please note that the unpublished field notes relating to this expedition are at the Royal Geographical Society. This information was found on p. 334 of the biography of Katherine Routledge (Pease): van Tilburg, Jo Anne (2003) Among Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island. London: Scribner. [L.Ph 29/4/2004]

Katherine Routledge, in her book The Mystery of Easter Island (1920), describes Te Haha, of the Miru Clan, as one of the 3 or so craftsmen making wooden objects for sale: 'one of the old workmen [who] could still be seen sitting in his garden engaged in carving moai miro' (p. 271).See also entries in index of Routledge's 'Mystery..' for 'Te Haha'. [Dan Hicks 02/06/2012]

Search terms: Weapon, Spear-head