Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural collection record for Figura con doble cara — Concepcion , Chile

Nombre: Aringa Erua Moai (Moai of the Two Faces)

Material: Wood, fish bones and obsidian

Descripción: This wooden carving of a moai was probably collected in 1875 by Chilean sailor Policarpo Toro during his first visit to Easter Island, prior to its annexation by Chile in 1888.

Descripción: It was held by the Natural History Museum of Concepción until 2009 when it was definitively transferred to the Rapa Nui Museum collection to which it had been on loan for ten years.

Descripción: The key feature of this figure is its two faces.