Accession No
1927.1452
Description
Ua. A chief's staff of wood, carved with a janus human head at the top with obsidian eyes cut in shell.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Rapa Nui [Easter Island]
Period
Source
Umlauff, J. F. G. [vendor]; von Hügel, Anatole Andreas Aloys (Baron) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1927.1452; O.XX.5 [written on object]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Shell; Obsidian
Local Term
Ua
Measurements
60mm x 55mm x 1519mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
The number 'O.XX.5' is written in white on the object. This is an early numbering system instigated by Baron Anatole von Hügel to Oceanic material. Whereby O= Oceania and the Roman numeral to a geographical region, in this case XX= Rapa Nui.
Event Date
Author: rachel hand
Context (Acquisition Details)
Purchased from Johann Friedrich Gustav Umlauff a Hamburg-based ethnographic dealership and associated museum. Established in 1868 the business ran until 1974.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card notes, 'Wooden club with human head on top with obsidian eyes cut in shell.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Ua. A chief's staff of wood, carved with janus human head at the top with obsidian eyes cut in shell.
Event Date 13/1/2022
Author: rachel hand
FM:105554
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