Flake

Object/Artifact

Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission

Glass flake and artifact slip placed above a ruler

The image shows a labeled sample slip with a dark glass flake fragment and a measurement ruler.

Name/Title

Flake

Entry/Object ID

2015.006.380

Description

Irregularly shaped flake of basaltic glass with jagged edges.

Collection

Navy Collection

Cataloged By

Gavagan,Terri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Flake

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Material, Worked

Nomenclature Category

Category 10: Unclassifiable Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Glass

Search Terms

adz quarry, Pu'umoiwi Work Area, Hommon's Inland Settlement Zone

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

20108-4.7

Dimensions

Length

2 cm

Weight

0.8 g

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Site

Site 108, Pu'umoiwi Adze Quarry

'Ili

Ahupū

Ahupua'a

Kaho'olawe

Moku

Honua'ula

Mokupuni

Maui Mokupuni

State/Province

Hawai'i

Country

United States of America

Traditional Cultural Property (TCP)

Pu'umoiwi Traditional Cultural Property

Traditional Place Name

Pu'umōiwi

Related Publications

Publication

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PU'U MOIWI ADZE QUARRY COMPLEX, KAHO'OLAWE