Birdman Rapa Nui Fertility Wood Carved Statue Figure Tangata Manu Easter Island

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Birdman Rapa Nui Fertility Wood Carved Statue Figure Tangata Manu Easter Island:
$475.99

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Vintage Birdman Rapa Nui Fertility Wood Carved Statue Figure Tangata Manu Easter Island
Excellent Condition - No Major damages. No cracks, chips or repairs. Some wear and scratches on piece, which is normal for vintage item. Some light scuff marks, very minor. Please see pictures for complete detail of condition.Awesome fantastic piece rare and exquisite. Hard Carved and would make a great addition to an existing collection, best wishes for someone looking to have children, or for yourself. Add this piece to your cart today!
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Measurements: 13\" H x 1-1/2\" x 3\"
Birdman religion

Contestants, all men of importance on the island, were revealed in dreams byivi-attuasor prophets (who might be either men or women). Each contestant would then appoint one or sometimes twohopu(other adult men of lesser status) who would actually swim to Motu Nui carrying provisions in a bundle of reeds called aporaunder one arm and await the arrival of the terns, hoping to return with the first egg, whilst their tribal sponsors, the contestants, waited at the stone village ofOrongo. The race was very dangerous and manyhopuwere killed by sharks, by drowning, or by falling from cliff faces, though replacements were apparently easily available.[1]:262

Once the first egg was collected, the finder would go to the highest point on Motu Nui and call out to the shore of the main island, announcing his benefactor by that benefactor\'s new name and telling him, \"Go shave your head, you have got the egg!\" The cry would be taken up by listeners at the shoreline who would pass it up the cliff side to the contestants waiting in the stone village. The unsuccessfulhopuwould then collectively swim back to the main island while the egg-finder would remain on Motu Nui and would fast alone until he swam back, which he would do with the egg secured inside a reed basket tied to his forehead. On his reaching land, he would then climb the steep, rocky cliff face and, if he did not fall, present the egg to his patron, who would have already shaved his head and painted it either white or red. This successful contestant (notthehopu) would then be declaredtangata-manu, would take the egg in his hand and lead a procession down the slope ofRano KautoAnakenaif he was from the western clans orRano Rarakuif he was from the Eastern clans. The newtangata-manuwas entitled to gifts of food and other tributes (including his clan having sole rights to collect that season\'s harvest of wild bird eggs and fledglings from Motu Nui), and went into seclusion for a year in a special ceremonial house. Once in residence there he was consideredtapu(sacred) for the next five months of his year-long status, and allowed his nails to grow and wore a headdress of human hair. He would spend his time eating and sleeping, and would be expected to engage in no other activity.[1]:263

The Birdman cult was suppressed byChristianmissionaries in the 1860s. The origin of the cult and the time thereof are uncertain, as it is unknown whether the cult replaced the precedingMoai-based religion or had co-existed with it.Katherine Routledgewas, however, able to collect the names of 86tangata-manu.[1]

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