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Large platform at Tongariki
Object Number 2004.29.24174
Display Title Large platform at Tongariki
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Easter Island / Polynesia / 1. The front face of the western extremity of the large platform at Tongariki, / facing the sea. A part of one of the images is still standing / 2- The western and central part of the platform facing the sea at high / tide. the sea washes the blocks of the lower part of photograph"; printed on photograph: "F. M. C. Photog."
Department Photographic
Date 1904-1905
Artist Alexander Agassiz Expedition
Artist Prof. Henry Bryant Bigelow
Culture
  • Rapa Nui
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Additional Geographic Terms Tongariki
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 13.97 × 20.32 cm (5 1/2 × 8 in.)

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