figure;
charm
- Museum number
- Oc1898,0704.42
- Description
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Pair of male and female figures (joined "in coitu") made of coir, wrapped with fibre; wearing European cloth loin-cloth and turtle-shell ear-ornaments. Used as emblem of fecundity and to protect coconut palm fruit.
- Production date
- 19thC(late)
- Dimensions
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Length: 23 centimetres
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Width: 13 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register slip comment:
' No. 5 Figure of menata & woman placed on posts [?] at intervals round island as an emblem of fecundity & to protect the fruit of the coconut trees'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1898
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1898,0704.42
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1972,Q.88 (also registered as, in error)