Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa collection record for moai kavakava

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).