Figure — British Museum (Oc,+.5990)

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Source author: British Museum

• Catalogue number: British Museum: Oc,+.5990

  Passage: Museum number

• Reported holder: British Museum

  Passage: Institutional catalogue record

• Classification: figure

  Passage: Object Type

• Made during: 19thC (before 1893)

  Passage: Production date

• Made at: Easter Island

  Passage: Production place

• Material: wood, bone

  Passage: Materials

• Description: Male figure, cut from a block of reddish brown wood. Eyes formed of rings of bone, once containing pupils of obsidian. Spine is in relief and the vertebrae are indicated by transverse lines.

  Passage: Description

• Description: Height: 70 centimetres Width: 12.50 centimetres Depth: 13 centimetres

  Passage: Dimensions

• Description: Presented by A.W. Franks Esq. 3 April 1893, who had purchased it from Miss Cutter.

  Passage: Acquisition notes

• Description: Register slip comment: "Easter Island. cf. Report of US Nat. Mus. 1889. Thomson. pl.L."

  Passage: Curator's comments

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Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1613863009