Figure — British Museum (Oc1982,12.1)

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Source author: British Museum

• Catalogue number: British Museum: Oc1982,12.1

  Passage: Museum number

• Reported holder: British Museum

  Passage: Institutional catalogue record

• Classification: figure

  Passage: Object Type

• Made during: early 19thC (before 1850 - see curatorial comment)

  Passage: Production date

• Made at: Easter Island

  Passage: Production place

• Material: wood, obsidian, bone (?)

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• Description: Male figure, moai kavakava, made of wood, with inlaid eye of obsidian, bone (?). Prominent rib cage.

  Passage: Description

• Description: Height: 40 centimetres Width: 6.50 centimetres Depth: 9 centimetres

  Passage: Dimensions

• Description: Tied-on typewritten cardboard label: '15. WOODEN FIGURE. Entered in Donation Book for 1850 as "A 'Fetish' from the Gold Coast. Cape Coast Castle. Presd. by E. Staunton Esq." In exhibition case labelled 'Easter Island'. Warwick Mus. Loan No. E.1/15.'

  Passage: Curator's comments

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Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1614097580