Figure — British Museum (Oc1904,1220.1)

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Autoría de la fuente: British Museum

• Número de catálogo: British Museum: Oc1904,1220.1

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• Custodia informada: British Museum

  Pasaje: Institutional catalogue record

• Clasificación: figure

  Pasaje: Object Type

• Hecho en: Easter Island

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• Material: wood

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• Descripción: Fishlike figure (phallus, with human figure) made of wood.

  Pasaje: Description

• Descripción: Height: 49.50 centimetres Width: 9 centimetres Depth: 12 centimetres

  Pasaje: Dimensions

• Descripción: Registration slip description, written in 1904: Easter Island Wood, hard dark, short club like object, head shaped like a fish's head, also suggesting a phallus, open mouth & teeth; the handle carved to represent an emaciated human male, on hands & knees, with large phallus depending between legs. Vendor's first name given in letter dated 7 Nov. 1904 in correspondence in Medieval and Later Antiquities. She states that the figure 'was given as a present to her late husband by a Dr that had travelled the world.'

  Pasaje: Curator's comments

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