American Museum of Natural History has Tikis - Tiki Travel

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Thu, Oct 19, 2006 3:44 AM On 2006-10-17 23:30, Koolau wrote: If it's in a museum and they let you touch it, it's probably not the real thing. But that begs the question - are there any actual moai on display outside of Rapa Nui? If so, where? There is a very famous one in the British Museum called Hoa Hakananai'a, which is beautifully carved. I guess most of the in-situ ones on the island looked this good before the ravages of time and weather took their toll. I have a book they published on him : We have one here in NZ too at Otago Museum, only a baby and not a particularly flash specimen, especially compared to the chap above, but it is the real deal apparently: (Pics are linked) [ Edited by: Paipo 2007-04-23 01:21 ]

On 2006-10-17 23:30, Koolau wrote:
If it's in a museum and they let you touch it, it's probably not the real thing.

But that begs the question - are there any actual moai on display outside of Rapa Nui? If so, where?

There is a very famous one in the British Museum called Hoa Hakananai'a, which is beautifully carved. I guess most of the in-situ ones on the island looked this good before the ravages of time and weather took their toll. I have a book they published on him :

We have one here in NZ too at Otago Museum, only a baby and not a particularly flash specimen, especially compared to the chap above, but it is the real deal apparently:

(Pics are linked)

[ Edited by: Paipo 2007-04-23 01:21 ]

Post #261572 by Paipo on Thu, Oct 19, 2006 3:44 AM