staff

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Object Type: staff
Museum number: Oc,LMS.109
Description: Deity image made of bamboo, feathers, vegetable fibre. Decorated with burnt designs.
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Society Islands; Found/Acquired: Tahiti; Found/Acquired: Aitutaki (?)
Materials: bamboo; feather; chicken feather (?); fibre
Technique: pyro-engraved
Dimensions: Height: 61.50 centimetres; Width: 10 centimetres; Depth: 3 centimetres
Bibliographic references: King 2015 / Missionaries and Idols in Polynesia (p.59, fig.1.33)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2015 9 July-19 Sept, London, SOAS Brunei Gallery, Missionaries and Idols in Polynesia
Acquisition name: Purchased from: London Missionary Society
Acquisition date: 1911
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Oc,LMS.109
Additional IDs: CDMS number: Oc1911C27.109 (old CDMS no.); Miscellaneous number: Oc1890,Loan (originally loaned to BM in 1890 by LMS)
Conservation: Treatment: 14 May 2015

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