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Figure debout "moai kavakava" (" figure aux côtes"), Osterinsel, Taille: H: 47,5 cm (H: 18.7 inch), ID: 3053709
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Figure debout "moai kavakava" (" figure aux côtes") ·  Osterinsel · ID: 3053709

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Provenance
American Private Collection
Taille
H: 47,5 cm
H: 18.7 inch

Description

wood, pigments, obsidian, bone, rest., base

The emaciated, forward-leaning figures are among the characteristic sculptural forms of traditional Rapa Nui art. With their prominently protruding ribs, vertebrae, facial features and jutting chins, they embody – according to the prevailing view amongst researchers – the appearance of ancestors as they appeared to the living in spirit form. Their significance is also associated with status and personal ownership.

Scholars have also discussed a possible connection between the characteristic facial features and depictions of birds and the avian fauna and a bird deity of Rapa Nui.

Littérature comparée

Wardwell, Allen, Island Ancestors, Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection, Fort Worth 1994, p. 256 f.

Océanie
Figures

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