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Object Number 2004.29.24184
Display Title Carved wooden anthropomorphic figures, "moai kavakava"
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Easter Island / Polynesia / For exchange - Oster Tusel [Oster Insel] - / Dr. W. Lehmann."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Rapa Nui
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Dimensions Overall: 17.145 × 11.43 cm (6 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)

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