figure
- Museum number
- Oc,LMS.122
- Description
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Deity image (?) carved of stone (basalt). A tapering cylinder with rounded ends, with a smooth and polished surface.
- Dimensions
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Height: 46 centimetres
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Width: 15 centimetres
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Depth: 14.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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LMS register slip comment:
560 90
'Probably an idol'.
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Comment from Tara Hiquily, curator, Musée de Tahiti et ses Îles, during a visit to museum storehouse, 19 June 2008: He has not seen anything similar. Can see the marks of carving.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2015 9 July-19 Sept, London, SOAS Brunei Gallery, Missionaries and Idols in Polynesia
- Acquisition date
- 1911
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,LMS.122
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1911C27.122 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1890,Loan (originally loaned to BM in 1890 by LMS)
