Flake

Object/Artifact

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Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission

Small basaltic glass flake with artifact slip above a ruler: The image shows a basaltic glass flake sample with a description slip detailing collection information, placed next to a ruler for scale.
Small basaltic glass flake with artifact slip above a ruler

The image shows a basaltic glass flake sample with a description slip detailing collection information, placed next to a ruler for scale.

Name/Title

Flake

Entry/Object ID

2015.006.347

Description

Small irregularly shaped flake of basaltic glass. Per Sample Collection Record, [Hawai'i] State Historic Preservation Office, the flake has grayish-brown per Munsell Color system with a value of 5/2 hue=2.54. D.H.P. 1000am=25.3 c, 1045 am=25.4 C and 1100 am=25.5 C (possibly soil temperature at recovery ?).

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

activity area, scatter site

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

20171D-3.98

Dimensions

Length

1.5 cm

Weight

0.7 g

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Site

Site 171D, Site 171

'Ili

Kanapou

Ahupua'a

Kaho'olawe

Moku

Honua'ula

Mokupuni

Maui Mokupuni

State/Province

Hawai'i

Country

United States of America