Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for 1953.568 A-B reads, 'Two wooden figures, male and female, 16 + 20 ins. tall respectively. The woman has an eye missing. Not of first quality. / Purchased from Mrs D.M. Chapman.' There is a circular red sticker to the top right of the card.
Event Date
Author: Flo Sutton

Description (Physical description)
Male figure of wood.
Event Date
Author: Flo Sutton

Description (Physical description)
[One of] Two wooden figures, male and female. The woman has an eye missing. Not of first quality.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Male figure (moai kavakava). Carved from heavy dark coloured wood. Probably late nineteenth - early twentieth century. From notes by Rafal Wieczorek, 4/2/2014
Event Date 4/2/2014
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Moai kavakava. Male figure, carved from wood, with eyes inlaid with a black stone (possibly obsidian). The figure has a large head, and a thin body, with an exaggerated rib cage and spine. The facial features are exaggerated, with pronounced eyebrows and ridges under the eyes

Event Date 2/2/2023
Author: Flo Sutton

Description (Physical description)
Moai kava kava. Not carved from local wood and the weight of the wood is too light. Likely to have been created from ship’s or drift wood;
From knowledge shared by Rapanui archaeologist Enerike Ngaara Te Manu Carrasco Hotu on a visit to MAA, 13/05/2025
Event Date 13/5/2025
Author: rachel hand