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Post #672250 by uncle trav on Mon, Mar 25, 2013 1:59 PM
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TikiVato, nice find on the Moai. The carving on the back represents the Birdman Cult. This was the dominate religion on the island just prior to the European "discovery" of the island in 1722. Here is the back of an original for comparison. Nice piece.
"Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann [ Edited by: uncle trav 2013-03-25 14:00 ] |
