Janiform Staff, Ua
Rapa Nui, Easter Island
Circa 1850
Wood, obsidian, shell
Overall: 64 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 1 in. (163.8 × 7.9 × 2.5 cm) Height on stand: 64 5/8 in. (164.1 cm)
Wood, obsidian, shell
Overall: 64 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 1 in. (163.8 × 7.9 × 2.5 cm) Height on stand: 64 5/8 in. (164.1 cm)
Provenance:
Maurice Joy Collection, London
L & R Entwistle and Co. Ltd., London
Private Collection, acquired from the above 1992
Published:
Kjellgren, Eric, Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2001, pg. 75, no. 47
Exhibited:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island, December 11, 2001 – September 8, 2002