sculpture
- Museum number
- Oc1927,1003.109.a-c
- Description
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Carving of a frigate-bird made of wood (a), with pair of detachable wings, each pierced by a metal nail. (b-c).
- Dimensions
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Height: 7 centimetres (bird without wings)
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Height: 1.50 centimetres (bird's left wing)
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Height: 1.50 centimetres (bird's right wing)
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Width: 31 centimetres (bird without wings)
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Width: 18 centimetres (bird's left wing)
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Width: 17.50 centimetres (bird's right wing)
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Depth: 5 centimetres (bird without wings)
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Depth: 10.50 centimetres (bird's left wing)
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Depth: 11 centimetres (bird's right wing)
- Curator's comments
- One "wing" has stuck-on handwritten label "Solomon Is. [Simbo]" and, pencilled-on, "Wing of ..." [illegible]. The other "wing" is marked "(to 895 Simbo)" in pencil.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1927
- Acquisition notes
- Gerald C Wheeler was an anthropologist who researched in Solomon Islands in 1908 to 1909 on an expedition with W. H. R. Rivers and A. M. Hocart. He began on Simbo but spent most of his time on Alu. He gave collections of artefacts to the British Museum in 1927, registered as Oc1927.0310 and Oc1927.1003 and documented in Eth Doc 1096.
Pair of wings found unnmumbered in Oceania collections in 1999. Acquisition details unknown.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1927,1003.109.a-c
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1999,Q.148.a-b (Q number given to pair of wings)