staff;
figure
- Museum number
- Oc,LMS.46.a
- Description
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Staff, deity image made of wood.
- Curator's comments
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British Museum registration slip (written in 1890?): Hervey Group.
Flat staff of brown wood roughly carved; on one face zig-zags in relief between sunk triangles serrated edges - attached to it is a plaited tail of fibre bound at the end with fine cord with remains of feather plumes, now taken off as being a separate object.
112.
L.M.S. Cat. 27. A carved flat club formed idol with an appendage of plaited cocoanut fibre.
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Buck, Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands, p.332. fig.203a attributes to Aitutaki.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1911
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,LMS.46.a
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1911C27.46a (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: 112 (LMS number)
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Miscellaneous number: 27 (LMS number)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1890,Loan (originally loaned to BM in 1890 by LMS)
