British Museum collection record for Figure — British Museum (Oc,EP.21)

Número de catálogo: British Museum: Oc,EP.21

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Custodia informada: British Museum

Pasaje: Institutional catalogue record

Clasificación: figure

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Hecho durante: 1827-8 (collected)

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Hecho en: Easter Island

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Material: thespesia populnea wood, bone

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Descripción: Carved emaciated male figure with pendant ears, moai kavakava, made of hard light brown wood (Thespesia populnea) with eyes of bone; on the head is carved a bird-like beast in low relief.

Pasaje: Description

Descripción: Height: 43 centimetres Weight: 500 grammes Width: 9 centimetres Depth: 9.50 centimetres

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Descripción: Identified as Thespesia populnea by Caroline Cartwright (BM Conservation and Scientific Research), March 2010.

Pasaje: Curator's comments