Figure — British Museum (Oc1904,1220.1)

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Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1904-1220-1

Source author: British Museum

• Catalogue number: British Museum: Oc1904,1220.1

  Passage: Museum number

• Reported holder: British Museum

  Passage: Institutional catalogue record

• Classification: figure

  Passage: Object Type

• Made at: Easter Island

  Passage: Production place

• Material: wood

  Passage: Materials

• Description: Fishlike figure (phallus, with human figure) made of wood.

  Passage: Description

• Description: Height: 49.50 centimetres Width: 9 centimetres Depth: 12 centimetres

  Passage: Dimensions

• Description: Registration slip description, written in 1904: Easter Island Wood, hard dark, short club like object, head shaped like a fish's head, also suggesting a phallus, open mouth & teeth; the handle carved to represent an emaciated human male, on hands & knees, with large phallus depending between legs. Vendor's first name given in letter dated 7 Nov. 1904 in correspondence in Medieval and Later Antiquities. She states that the figure 'was given as a present to her late husband by a Dr that had travelled the world.'

  Passage: Curator's comments

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Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1613787995