Title
An ancestral figure known as a moai kavakava, emaciated man, worn hung onto its owner at dances and feasts
Caption
An ancestral figure known as a moai kavakava, emaciated man, worn hung onto its owner at dances and feasts, The more a man wore, sometimes as many as ten or twenty, the more likely were the gods to grant his requests. Easter Island. Oceanic. 19th c
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A18_198
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No
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48,8Mb (1,9Mb) / 12,8in x 14,7in / 3854 x 4422 (300dpi)