- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Obsidian tanged spear-head, from a hoard of six spear-heads (mataa) [1916.36.110 .1 - .6].
- Person
- Field collector William Scoresby Routledge
- Field collector Katherine Maria Routledge
- PRM source William Scoresby Routledge
- 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 Obsidian Stone
- Dimensions
- Width: max 80 mm, Length: max 82 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1916.36.110.1
- 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Please note that the unpublished field notes relating to this expedition are at the Royal Geographical Society.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]
Search terms: Weapon, Spear-head