Kōhau Roŋoroŋo replica — Australian Museum

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Reference: Australian Museum Annual Report 2024–25 (2025), pp. 72–73, “Case study: Rapa Nui partnership”. https://media.australian.museum/media/dd/documents/Australian_Museum_Annual_Report_24-25.2601b86.pdf

Source author: Australian Museum Trust

• Description: a Rongorongo tablet preserving one of the world’s few independently developed writing systems

  Passage: p. 72, Case study: Rapa Nui partnership (PDF page 37), acquisition paragraph

• Reported holder: Australian Museum

  Passage: p. 72, Case study: Rapa Nui partnership (PDF page 37), acquisition paragraph

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Reference: Kōhau Roŋoroŋo: Talking Tablet. https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/pasifika-collections/rapa-nui-collections/kohau-rongorongo-talking-tablet/

Source author: Australian Museum

• Name: Kōhau Roŋoroŋo: Talking Tablet

  Passage: Page title

• Description: carved by Rapa Nui artist Victor Pakomio

  Passage: Opening paragraph

• Description: replicates an original lost to fire

  Passage: Opening paragraph

• Material: wood

  Passage: Audio Transcript: Victor Pakomio, paragraph beginning “This piece, carved from wood”

• Description: made for educational purposes, a little larger than the originals

  Passage: Audio Transcript: Victor Pakomio, paragraph beginning “This tablet was made for educational purposes”

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Reference: Rapa Nui Collections. https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/pasifika-collections/rapa-nui-collections/

Source author: Australian Museum