figure;
staff;
religious/ritual equipment
- Museum number
- Oc,LMS.48
- Description
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God image with feather and coir attachments bound to an openwork sculpture. The base is broken.
- Production date
- 18thC(late)-19thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 33 centimetres
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Width: 12.50 centimetres
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Depth: 5 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Original information recorded on BM registration slip:
107. Carved idol from Mitiaro
LMS. Cat. 49. Idols from Metiaro
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Hooper 2006
This example retains some of its feather and coir attachments bound to the openwork sculpture. The base is broken.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2006 21 May-13 Aug, Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Pacific Encounters
2006-2007 28 Sept-7 Jan, London, BM, Power and Taboo
- Acquisition date
- 1911
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,LMS.48
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1911C27.48 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1890,Loan (originally loaned to BM in 1890 by LMS)