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1916.36.255

Broken stone tool (toki). [ZM 9/2/2004]

1916.36.255

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Collection type
Object
Description
Broken stone tool (toki). [ZM 9/2/2004]
Geographical reference
Rapa Nui
Oceania > Polynesia > Rapa Nui
Rano Raraku
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 Stone, Process Ground
Dimensions
Length: max 135 mm, Width: max 65 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1916.36.255
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Please note that the unpublished field notes relating to this expedition are at the Royal Geographical Society.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]

'Rana Raka' appears to be the site published in Katherine Routledge's 'The Mystery of Easter Island' (1920) as 'Rano Raraku'. [Dan Hicks 02/06/2012] This was confirmed by Sue Hamilton during a research visit on 7 June 2012. [Dan Hicks 07/06/2012]

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