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Carved male human figure (moai kavakava)
Object Number 95-2-70/47751
Display Title Carved male human figure (moai kavakava)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term maoi kavakava
Object Description Carved male human figure (moai kavakava). Right eye is inset and an octopus glyph is carved on top of the head.
Inventory Description Sculpture, standing male, carved, pronounced ribs, inlay eye
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date 1842 or earlier, 1800-1838?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood Shell Obsidian Bone Stain? Plant fiber?
Dimensions Overall: 49 × 11.5 × 7.5 cm (19 5/16 × 4 1/2 × 2 15/16 in.) Weight: 654 g (0.654 kg)
Quantity 1
Label on object 95-2-70/47751
Credit Line Gift of William L. R. Gifford, 1895
Provenance
Collector Humphry A. Gifford (ca. 1879)
Donor Mr. William L. R. Gifford (03/18/1895)

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