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Wooden figure, carved with stone and shells, eyes made of human bone (kavakava)
Wooden figure, carved with stone and shells, eyes made of human bone (kavakava)
Object Number 37-4-70/532
Display Title Wooden figure, carved with stone and shells, eyes made of human bone (kavakava)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term moai kavakava
Object Description Wooden idol, carved with stone and shells, eyes made of human bone (moai kavakava)
Inventory Description Sculpture, standing male, pronounced ribs, inlay eye, burnished
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1833
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood, Shell, Obsidian
Dimensions Overall: 45.5 x 8.8 x 7.8 cm (17 15/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-4-70/532
Credit Line Gift of Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer, 1937
Provenance
Collector Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (before 1833)
Donor Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (1937)

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