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MOAI KAVAKAVA
Details
AN EASTER ISLAND MALE FIGURE
Moai kavakava
Standing with the arms carved free of the body and the tapered hands on the thighs, finely carved teeth in the mouth, small curved beard, the eyes inlaid with bone and obsidian, carved discs in the long earlobes, incised coiffure with spirals to the front, carved rib cage and sternum, prominently carved spine, dark glossy patina
32cm. high
Moai kavakava
Standing with the arms carved free of the body and the tapered hands on the thighs, finely carved teeth in the mouth, small curved beard, the eyes inlaid with bone and obsidian, carved discs in the long earlobes, incised coiffure with spirals to the front, carved rib cage and sternum, prominently carved spine, dark glossy patina
32cm. high
Provenance
George Terasaki, New York
Special notice
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