Vintage Collecton Easter Island Hand Carved Wood Moai kava kava / Rapa Nui


Vintage Collecton Easter Island  Hand Carved Wood Moai kava kava / Rapa Nui

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Vintage Collecton Easter Island Hand Carved Wood Moai kava kava / Rapa Nui :
$1390.00


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As an intro:

For most, the mention of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, the small, isolated island more than 2,000 miles off the coast of South America, conjures images of giant statues known as moai

Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. The nearest inhabited land (50 residents) is Pitcairn Island 2,075 kilometers (1,289 mi) away, and the nearest continental point lies in central Chile, 3,512 kilometers (2,182 mi) away.

Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui, Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is a Polynesian island in the southEastern Pacific Ocean, at the southEastern most point of the Polynesian Triangle. Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park.

What an excellent collector item! This solid hard wood Moai kavakava / Rapa Nuiwas hand carved in the early first quarter of 1960\'s. The Moai is approximately 10 inches in height, 2 inches wide and 3 inches deep

Additional note: Wood to carve this collector’s item by the islanders was not available. The island was essentially cleared of all timber. The hard wood to hand carve this figure was provided by my friend on special assignment on the island in early 1960. Payment for the carved figure was bartered with candy and soft drinks.Very few where carved in 1960 . With that being stated, this is really a collector’s item!!

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Vintage Collecton Easter Island Hand Carved Wood Moai kava kava / Rapa Nui :
$1390.00

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