figure
- Museum number
- Oc,LMS.38
- Description
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Carved figure made of breadfruit (?) wood, triangular shaped chin at bottom of carved face at top.
- Production date
- 18thC-19thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 123 centimetres
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Width: 17.50 centimetres
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Depth: 16 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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British Museum registration slip written in 1890?:
Idol of soft yellow wood (Breadfruit?). At the top is a roughly carved human head. Below is a square post cut into steps.
MSS. Cat. 95. A god from Aitutaki ....
L.M.S. 3 Rude idol of wood with a human head from Aitutaki.
'Described & figured by Williams, Miss[ionar]y Ent[erprises] (1839) 54-55
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Stuck-on original labels
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1911
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,LMS.38
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1911C27.38 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1890,Loan (originally loaned to BM in 1890 by LMS)
