Figure

2015-13-5

From: Easter Island

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2015-13-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Easter Island
Creator Benedicto Tuki
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Thin, curved wood figure with crested hair, large inlaid "bullseye" eyes, wide smile. Closely resembles a figure that has long been in a museum in Leningrad. Published by Thor Heyerdahl in "The Art of Easter Island," Plates 65 and 66 of which were presumably used as a model by the carver, Easter Island artist Benedicto Tuki Pate. Like 2015-13-4, this figure is probably larger than the original prototype.

Height 71.5 cm
Width 9 cm
Depth 8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Robert and Marilyn Forney, 2015
Other Number 736-205 - Other Number

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