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Awl Awl

Bone awl from Skara Brae

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Female figure (moai papa) carved in wood (toromiro), with flattened body, hair gathered into a top-knot, eyes of bone and obsidian, and ear plugs of bone: Oceania, Polynesia, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), 19th century

Ancestor figure Ancestor figure

Ancestor figure in hard dark wood, with hands to sides, with eyes of obsidian and bird bone, and glyphs carved on top of head in form of three bearded faces with streaming hair: Oceania, Polynesia, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), late 19th to early 20th century

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Statue of hard, light-coloured wood, possibly representing a woman with her hands on her chest, with eyes of obsidian and bird bone, curved shape determined by shape of wood: Oceania, Polynesia, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

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