Moko, Cambridge — Z 6124
Reported holding and location
Sources may describe historical holdings or locations.
Reported holder: Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
Recorded in: Indigen Recollecting Rapa Nui Gallery
Reported location: Cambridge
Recorded in: Indigen Recollecting Rapa Nui Gallery
Source accounts
Indigen Recollecting Rapa Nui Gallery (9 claims)
Reference: https://www.indigen.eu/gallery
Classification: Moko
Reported holder: Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
Reported location: Cambridge
Catalogue number: Z 6124
Material: wood
Description: Collection date: 1894
Description: Collector: unknown
Description: Acquisition date: unknown, donated by Baron Anatole A. A. von Hügel
Description: Dimensions: 12 x 7,9 x 67,6 cm
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge collection record for Moko, Cambridge — Z 6124 (9 claims)
Reference: https://collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/510280/
Source author: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Catalogue number: Z 6124
Description: Moai Moko. Wooden carving, comprising a curved length of wood carved to represent a lizard man, with traces of red ochre on the head. The figure is stylised and the wood is a light brown colour.
Description: Place: Oceania; Polynesia; Rapa Nui [Easter Island]
Material: Wood
Classification: Moai moko
Description: Measurements: 120mm x 79mm x 676mm
Description: Source: von Hügel, Anatole Andreas Aloys (Baron) [donor]
Description: Reference Numbers: Z 6124; MAA: O.XX.3 [von hūgel no]
Description: Catalogue event: Context (Analysis) Double figure representing a lizard man, not a fish, carved in light coloured wood, ochred on the head. A Moai Moko. Condition good- but with recess formed by a knot in the wood. From notes by Rafal Wieczorek, 4/2/2014 Event Date 4/2/2014 Author: maa