Figure — British Museum (Oc,EP.29)

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Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc-EP-29

Source author: British Museum

• Catalogue number: British Museum: Oc,EP.29

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• Reported holder: British Museum

  Passage: Institutional catalogue record

• Classification: figure

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• Made during: 1826-7 (collected)

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• Made at: Easter Island

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• Material: wood

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• Description: Figure of a man with the head of a fish, carved in brown wood.

  Passage: Description

• Description: Height: 43 centimetres Width: 6.50 centimetres Depth: 9 centimetres

  Passage: Dimensions

• Description: Circular beige card handwritten label: 6 Identified as belonging to the genus Dacrydium (Podocarpaceae family) by Caroline Cartwright (BM Conservation and Scientific Research), March 2010. Definitely not South African Podocarpus latifolius however (CC).

  Passage: Curator's comments

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Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1613788013