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Description: | Old label reads E438. Andersonian Collection label on the top of the head of the highest figure. CULT Unknown Cook Islands (Austral Islands) Polynesia This staff or post has two anthropomorphic figures, with swollen bellies and bent knees. They have pointed chins and round heads, and rest their arms on their bellies. They have a pattern suggestive of features on the faces, and geometric patterns over the rest of their bodies. The function of this post is unknown.
This object is listed in the accession book as being given by the Rev. George Turner, however it bears the label of the Andersonian Collection. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | LM005 : HUMAN FIGURE : POST : JEN : PCOOK : EXIT2920 : : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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