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British Museum collection record for Figure — British Museum (Oc,EP.29)
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Catalogue number: British Museum: Oc,EP.29
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View object: Figure — British Museum (Oc,EP.29)Reported holder: British Museum
Passage: Institutional catalogue record
View object: Figure — British Museum (Oc,EP.29)Classification: figure
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View object: Figure — British Museum (Oc,EP.29)Made during: 1826-7 (collected)
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View object: Figure — British Museum (Oc,EP.29)Made at: Easter Island
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View object: Figure — British Museum (Oc,EP.29)Material: wood
Passage: Materials
View object: Figure — British Museum (Oc,EP.29)Description: Figure of a man with the head of a fish, carved in brown wood.
Passage: Description
View object: Figure — British Museum (Oc,EP.29)Description: Height: 43 centimetres Width: 6.50 centimetres Depth: 9 centimetres
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View object: Figure — British Museum (Oc,EP.29)Description: Circular beige card handwritten label: 6 Identified as belonging to the genus Dacrydium (Podocarpaceae family) by Caroline Cartwright (BM Conservation and Scientific Research), March 2010. Definitely not South African Podocarpus latifolius however (CC).
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View object: Figure — British Museum (Oc,EP.29)