The moai at Smithsonian's natural history museum. - General Tiki

T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Fri, Mar 3, 2006 1:47 PM On 2006-03-03 12:17, mbonga wrote: No. 3 of 100 1974 I take it that's a replica, then? And are 99 more moai floating around somewhere, or does that refer to any such monuments, I wonder? From "Big Stone Head" (manusript finished, BTW, just rying to find a publisher who can do color): "Just two years later, Lan Chile and Air France attempted to build a transoceanic fueling station on the island. Dozens of moai and ahu would have been destroyed in the process. Samuel Adams Green - a special projects director with The International Fund for Monuments - in conjunction with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), brought an eight foot moai head to New York City, in order to raise awareness for the potential archeological disaster. Actress Yvette Mimieux and many others lent the project their support. The moai noggin was displayed through the autumn of 1968 at Seagram's Plaza (375 Park Avenue), where it generated enough press to stop the desecration of that particular corner of the island. For the moment. It also gave a boost to William Mulloy’s work in restoring various ahu and moai. As many as one hundred copies of Green’s big stone head were made, ostensibly to be sold off in order to raise funds for International Fund for Monuments (an organization founded by retired U.S. Army colonel James Gray). The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has one of them, donated in 1974 by Charles M. Grace of the IFM."

On 2006-03-03 12:17, mbonga wrote:

No. 3 of 100 1974

I take it that's a replica, then? And are 99 more moai floating around somewhere, or does that refer to any such monuments, I wonder?

From "Big Stone Head" (manusript finished, BTW, just rying to find a publisher who can do color):

"Just two years later, Lan Chile and Air France attempted to build a transoceanic fueling station on the island. Dozens of moai and ahu would have been destroyed in the process. Samuel Adams Green - a special projects director with The International Fund for Monuments - in conjunction with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), brought an eight foot moai head to New York City, in order to raise awareness for the potential archeological disaster. Actress Yvette Mimieux and many others lent the project their support. The moai noggin was displayed through the autumn of 1968 at Seagram's Plaza (375 Park Avenue), where it generated enough press to stop the desecration of that particular corner of the island. For the moment. It also gave a boost to William Mulloy’s work in restoring various ahu and moai.

As many as one hundred copies of Green’s big stone head were made, ostensibly to be sold off in order to raise funds for International Fund for Monuments (an organization founded by retired U.S. Army colonel James Gray). The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has one of them, donated in 1974 by Charles M. Grace of the IFM."

Post #218688 by tikibars on Fri, Mar 3, 2006 1:47 PM