Reimiro, Cambridge — E 1894.94
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 (8 claims)
Reference: https://www.indigen.eu/gallery
Classification: Reimiro
Reported holder: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Reported location: Cambridge
Catalogue number: E 1894.94
Material: wood
Description: Collection date: 1894
Description: Collector: unknown
Description: Acquisition date: unknown, purchased with a donation from James Anthony Froude
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge collection record for Reimiro, Cambridge — E 1894.94 (9 claims)
Reference: https://collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/510260/
Source author: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Catalogue number: E 1894.94
Description: Rei miro. A flat, carved crescent-shaped wooden gorget, with shell like ends. Worn mainly by chiefly women at events as insignia of rank.
Description: Place: Oceania; Polynesia; Rapa Nui [Easter Island]
Material: Wood
Classification: Rei miro [necklace of wood]
Description: Measurements: 70mm x 490mm x 711mm
Description: Source: Froude, James Anthony (prof.) [monetary donor]
Description: Reference Numbers: E 1894.94; MAA: Z 6126; AR 1894.413; O.XX.7
Description: Catalogue event: Context (Acquisition Details) Purchased with a donation of £5 to the Museum Accession Fund from James Anthony Froude (1818- 1894), Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. Event Date 1894 Author: maa