moai kavakava

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Source author: Diego Muñoz

• Description: According to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa “this moai kavakava is one of the earlier documented figures of its type, having reached England in 1828 or 1835. It is thought to have been collected during F. W. Beechey’s expedition in HMS Blossom in 1825.”

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• Classification: Moai kavakava

• Reported holder: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

• Reported location: Wellington

• Catalogue number: OL000342

• Material: wood, bones, shell, obsidian

• Description: Collection date: possibly 1825

• Description: Collector: possibly Captain F. W. Beechey

• Description: Acquisition date: 1948, purchased by the New Zealand government from William Oldman

• Description: Dimensions: 8 x 40,5 x 10 cm

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Reference: https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/154946

Source author: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

• Catalogue number: OL000342

• Name: Moai kavakava (human figure)

• Reported location: Wellington

• Reported holder: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

• Classification: ceremonial objects, carvings, figurines

• Made during: 1800s

• Made at: Easter Island (Chile)

• Material: wood, bone, shell (animal material), obsidian

• Description: Overall: 80mm (width), 405mm (height), 100mm (depth), 100mm (diameter)

• Description: It was probably made in the early nineteenth century on Rapanui (Easter Island).

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Reference: https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/154946