Apparently the end of a European or American oar, like tablet A, though of unknown wood, and cut with a steel blade.
Collector J. L. Young of Auckland purchased three of the Honolulu tablets circa 1888 "from Rapanui through a reliable agent", who Fischer thinks was probably Alexander Salmon, Jr.
Fischer is of the opinion that the burnt wood, However, this reasoning is not sound:[original research?]
juxtaposing the two common glyphs 200 man and 700 fish is hardly remarkable.
Fischer reports that on side b pencil rubbings reveal possible traces of an inscription at the edge of the burnt area.