Paoa, Cambridge — E 1907.455
Reported holding and location
Sources may describe historical holdings or locations.
Reported holder: Museum of Archaeology 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: Paoa
Reported holder: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Reported location: Cambridge
Catalogue number: E 1907.455
Material: wood
Description: Collection date: unknown
Description: Collector: unknown
Description: Acquisition date: 1907, purchased from Stevens Auction Rooms with a donation from Prof. Anthony Ashley Bevan
Description: Dimensions: 2,4 x 5,2 x 146,3 cm
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge collection record for Paoa, Cambridge — E 1907.455 (12 claims)
Reference: https://collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/510261/
Source author: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Catalogue number: E 1907.455
Description: Paddle-shaped club. The indented head is carved with a pair of transverse bands, and the keeled shaft terminates in a mitre-shaped butt.
Description: Place: Oceania; Polynesia; Cook Islands; ?Mangaia
Material: Wood
Description: Measurements: 24mm x 52mm x 1463mm
Description: Source: Stevens Auction Rooms [vendor]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Professor) [monetary donor]
Description: Reference Numbers: E 1907.455; MAA: Z 10654; Z 5937; 327 [?Steven's no.]
Description: Catalogue event: Context (Acquisition Details) Catalogue card for E 1907.455 notes, 'Purchased Stevens / Professor Bevan's donation'. Event Date Author: maa
Description: Catalogue event: Context (Analysis) Note on catalogue card by MAA Curator, Dr Deborah Swallow: "Probably from further west. D.A. Swallow." [undated] Event Date Author: rachel hand
Description: Catalogue event: Context (Amendments / updates) This is not from Rapa Nui, and Mangaia is more likely. From knowledge shared by Enerike Ngaara Te Manu Carrasco Hotus, an archaelogist from Rapa Nui on a visit to MAA Event Date 13/5/2025 Author: rachel hand
Description: Catalogue event: Description (Labels & Markings) Printed paper label with '327' adhered to shaft, presumaby the Steven's Sale no Event Date 13/5/2025 Author: rachel hand
Description: Catalogue event: Description (Labels & Markings) Old adhered paper label reads: 'E 1907.455/ Club/ Easter Is./ (Bt Stevens sale, Lond, 1907) /* Professor Bevan, 1907.' The Easter Island provenance has been crossed out and replaced by 'MANGAIA' written in blue pencil. The later accession number 'Z 10654' has been added to the label in black ink. Event Date Author: Rachel Hand