Figure — British Museum (Oc1950,04.12)

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Autoría de la fuente: British Museum

• Número de catálogo: British Museum: Oc1950,04.12

  Pasaje: Museum number

• Custodia informada: British Museum

  Pasaje: Institutional catalogue record

• Clasificación: figure

  Pasaje: Object Type

• Hecho durante: late 18thC-early 19thC

  Pasaje: Production date

• Hecho en: Easter Island

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• Material: wood

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• Descripción: Bird god figure made of wood with female symbols in relief and eyes pierced though the head.

  Pasaje: Description

• Descripción: Height: 35 centimetres Width: 15 centimetres Depth: 3.50 centimetres

  Pasaje: Dimensions

• Descripción: Oc1950,04.1 to 12 were acquired as part of the Asian collection of Mrs Dorothy Oldman (see As1950,05). The objects had mostly been acquired in London by her late husband, the dealer W O Oldman, between 1896 and 1927.

  Pasaje: Acquisition notes

• Descripción: Observations in register: "Bird god (Make Make) covered with Komari. God of fecundity. See B A L Cranstone, 'An Easter Island figure' in 'British Museum Quarterly', XX 1955, pp.22-3".

  Pasaje: Curator's comments

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