Item W is a mere fragment, apparently in very poor condition. Almost no glyphs can be made out at all. Barthel provides only the image above, which is glossed as “Originalzeichnung des Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu.” He does not provide a segmentation into lines, or any indication of how the lines/glyphs are to be read, and provides no numbering of glyphs.

Fischer draws four lines. Fischer’s lines 2 – 4 can can be matched to the image above. (See discussion)

Below are links to some of the displays of Item W in these pages:

• Barthel graphics
• Fischer graphics
• Barthel/Fischer comparison
• Tablet view (this view is invalid as line numbering is “upside down”)

And here links to other pages for this item:

• Page for Item W on old site.
• Item W on Rongorongo.org
• Item W on Wikipedia