Ua, Cambridge — 1927.1452
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: Ua
Reported holder: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Reported location: Cambridge
Catalogue number: 1927.1452
Material: wood, shell, obsidian
Description: Collection date: unknown
Description: Collector: unknown
Description: Acquisition date: between late 19th and mid 20th century, purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff with a donation from Baron Anatole A. A. von Hügel
Description: Dimensions: 6 x 5,5 x 151,9 cm
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge collection record for Ua, Cambridge — 1927.1452 (9 claims)
Reference: https://collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/510267/
Source author: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Catalogue number: 1927.1452
Description: Ua. A chief's staff of wood, carved with a janus human head at the top with obsidian eyes cut in shell.
Description: Place: Oceania; Polynesia; Rapa Nui [Easter Island]
Material: Wood; Shell; Obsidian
Classification: Ua
Description: Measurements: 60mm x 55mm x 1519mm
Description: Source: Umlauff, J. F. G. [vendor]; von Hügel, Anatole Andreas Aloys (Baron) [donor]
Description: Reference Numbers: 1927.1452; O.XX.5 [written on object]
Description: Catalogue event: Context (Acquisition Details) Purchased from Johann Friedrich Gustav Umlauff a Hamburg-based ethnographic dealership and associated museum. Established in 1868 the business ran until 1974. Event Date Author: maa