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Post #790959 by Cavemoai on Mon, Nov 5, 2018 4:37 PM

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I got lucky with an estate auction. 24" Moai with shell inlaid eyes and rongorongo script on his back, a club(?) from Easter Island with rongorongo script, a rongorongo tablet, a dancing paddle from Easter Island with feathers attached to it, 3 shrunken heads from Ecuador, a small Aboriginal painted saw fish bill, and a trio of Maori tourist weapons.

What I missed out on was a gorgeous carved RongoRongo bowl from Easter Island. This thing was about 30" beak to beak: