Hoa Hakananai''a

Name: Hoa Hakananai''a
Brand: British Museum Press
SKU: 9780714150246
Price: 1100 KES
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ISBN: 9780714150246

by Jo Anne van Tilberg

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Object in Focus

ISBN-10 071415024X

ISBN-13 9780714150246

Publisher British Museum Press

Imprint British Museum Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 22nd, 2004

Print length 64 Pages

Weight 160 grams

Dimensions 21.00 x 15.00 x 0.60 cms

Product Classification: Non-graphic and electronic art forms Non-graphic art forms

KSh 1,100.00

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This book tells the story of Hoa Hakananai’a: an imposing, intriguing figure of superb workmanship, it was the focal point of initiation rites, and is layered with late relief carvings that relate it to exotic birdman rites.

This concise book tells the story of Hoa Hakananai''a, a large stone statue from Easter Island, which became part of the collections of the British Museum in 1869. It examines Hoa Hakananai''a''s significance within the ceremonial village of Orongo on Easter Island and tells the history of how and when the statue was brought to England aborad HMS Topaze . The production of sacred moai stone icons on the island, their aesthetic and social context, is followed by a description of Hoa Hakananai''a and especially the carvings on her back, linked to birdman symbolism.

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