1916.36.330

Collection type

Object

Description

Carved stone human figure. With a head and torso. Hands are placed just above the navel. The nose and brow are accentuated. [AB [OPS move] 7/12/2017]

Geographical reference

Rapa Nui

Oceania > Polynesia > Rapa Nui

Person

Field collector William Scoresby Routledge

Field collector Katherine Maria Routledge

PRM source William Scoresby Routledge

Date / Period

Date made: Before 18/08/1915

Date collected

Between 29 March 1914 and 18 August 1915

Acquisition information

Donated: 1916

Materials and processes

Material Stone, Process Carved

Dimensions

Width: max 223 mm, Height: max 546 mm, Depth: max 232 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1916.36.330

Associated publications

Please note that the Routledge's published account of their journey includes many specific object references, drawings, maps and photographs. Please refer to: Routledge, Mrs. [Katherine] Scoresby Routledge (1919) The Mystery of Easter Island: The Story of an Expedition. London: Sifton, Praed & Co. Ltd. [L.Ph 29/4/2004] Please note that the unpublished field notes relating to this expedition are at the Royal Geographical Society. This information was found on p. 334 of the biography of Katherine Routledge (Pease): van Tilburg, Jo Anne (2003) Among Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island. London: Scribner. [L.Ph 29/4/2004] Referred to on pages 568-569 of 'Easter Island and Pitcairn Island', by Dan Hicks, Sue Hamilton, Mike Seager Thomas and Ruth Whitehouse, in World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization, edited by Dan Hicks and Alice Stevenson (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2013), pp. 564-572. Hicks, Hamilton, Seager Thomas and Whitehouse write: 'Five stone objects are recorded as forgeries created by the islanders to pass as ancient artefacts: 2 stone figures (1916.36.330–331) and 3 obsidian spear-heads (mata’a) (1916.36.115–117).' [MJD (Verve) 7/1/2016]

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