British Museum collection record for Figure — British Museum (Oc1982,12.1)

Catalogue number: British Museum: Oc1982,12.1

Passage: Museum number

Reported holder: British Museum

Passage: Institutional catalogue record

Classification: figure

Passage: Object Type

Made during: early 19thC (before 1850 - see curatorial comment)

Passage: Production date

Made at: Easter Island

Passage: Production place

Material: wood, obsidian, bone (?)

Passage: Materials

Description: Male figure, moai kavakava, made of wood, with inlaid eye of obsidian, bone (?). Prominent rib cage.

Passage: Description

Description: Height: 40 centimetres Width: 6.50 centimetres Depth: 9 centimetres

Passage: Dimensions

Description: Tied-on typewritten cardboard label: '15. WOODEN FIGURE. Entered in Donation Book for 1850 as "A 'Fetish' from the Gold Coast. Cape Coast Castle. Presd. by E. Staunton Esq." In exhibition case labelled 'Easter Island'. Warwick Mus. Loan No. E.1/15.'

Passage: Curator's comments