British Museum collection record for Figure — British Museum (Oc1982,12.1)

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