- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Flake implement, appears like a blade with retouching along one edge.
- 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
- Dimensions
- Length: max 95 mm, Width: max 36 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1916.36.258
- Research and responses
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Please note that the unpublished field notes relating to this expedition are at the Royal Geographical Society.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]
1916.36.258
Flake implement, appears like a blade with retouching along one edge.
1916.36.258
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