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Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.918_front_acetate_bw.jpg)
Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.918_front_acetate_bw.jpg)
Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.918_front_acetate_bw.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.918_front_acetate_bw.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.918_overall.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.918_overall.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.918_print_threequarter_bw.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.918_print_threequarter_bw.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.918_threequarter_acetate_bw.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.918_threequarter_acetate_bw.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.918_side.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.918_side.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.918_detail2.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.918_detail2.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.918_detail.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.40.918_detail.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail01.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail01.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail02.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail02.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail03.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail03.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail04.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail04.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail05.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail05.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail06.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail06.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail07.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail07.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail08.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail08.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail09.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail09.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail10.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail10.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail11.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail11.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail12.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail12.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail13.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail13.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail14.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail14.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail15.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail15.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail16.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail16.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail17.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail17.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail18.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail18.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail19.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail19.jpg)

Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail20.jpg)

Rapanui. Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava), ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.40.918_.detail20.jpg)

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Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)

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CULTURE Rapanui
MEDIUM Wood, shell or bone, obsidian
  • Place Made: Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Valparaiso Region, Chile
    • DATES ca. 1880
    DIMENSIONS 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS "40.918" written in black ink on inside of PL hand
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 40.918
    CREDIT LINE Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1940, provenance not yet documented; by 1940, acquired by Reuben Goldberg of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1940 purchased from Reuben Goldberg by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    Rapanui. <em>Standing Figure (Moai Kavakava)</em>, ca. 1880. Wood, shell or bone, obsidian, 26 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 13 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 40.918. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.918_front_acetate_bw.jpg)

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