Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge collection record for Ua, Cambridge — 1927.1452

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