Rapa, Cambridge — E 1894.95
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: Rapa
Reported holder: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Reported location: Cambridge
Catalogue number: E 1894.95
Material: wood
Description: Collection date: unknown
Description: Collector: unknown
Description: Acquisition date: 1894, purchased with a donation from James Anthony Froude
Description: Dimensions: 23 x 87,3 x 18,5 cm
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge collection record for Rapa, Cambridge — E 1894.95 (9 claims)
Reference: https://collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/510281/
Source author: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Catalogue number: E 1894.95
Description: Rapa. Dance-paddle carved of toromiro wood, a flattened 'head' form at one end with stylized facial features merging into a cylindrical hand-grip section broadening out into a flattened 'torso' form ending with a stylized phallus point. A section of wood missing from inside the edge of the 'torso' form.
Description: Place: Oceania; Polynesia; Rapa Nui [Easter Island]
Material: Wood
Classification: Rapa
Description: Measurements: 23mm x 873mm x 185mm
Description: Source: Froude, James Anthony [monetary donor]
Description: Reference Numbers: E 1894.95; MAA: AR 1894.414; Z 6125; Z 6435 [painted on object]; 16 [written in pencil]
Description: Catalogue event: Context (Acquisition Details) Purchased with money provided to the Museum Accession Fund by James Anthony Froude, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, and paternal uncle of Baroness Eliza von Hügel, wife of the curator Baron Anotole von Hügel Event Date 1894 Author: rachel hand