Figure — British Museum (Oc1982,12.1)

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Autoría de la fuente: British Museum

• Número de catálogo: British Museum: Oc1982,12.1

  Pasaje: Museum number

• Custodia informada: British Museum

  Pasaje: Institutional catalogue record

• Clasificación: figure

  Pasaje: Object Type

• Hecho durante: early 19thC (before 1850 - see curatorial comment)

  Pasaje: Production date

• Hecho en: Easter Island

  Pasaje: Production place

• Material: wood, obsidian, bone (?)

  Pasaje: Materials

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

  Pasaje: Description

• Descripción: Height: 40 centimetres Width: 6.50 centimetres Depth: 9 centimetres

  Pasaje: Dimensions

• Descripción: 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.'

  Pasaje: Curator's comments

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