File:Moai Kavakava.jpg

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English: A sculpture of the "Moai kavakava" type. From a display on the settlement of the Polynesian islands. Text from the display: "Legendary hero Tu-ko-ihu carved the first moai kavakava after two skeleton-like figures appeared to him in a dream. The figures were held up to the sky during rituals dedicated to the gods."
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Source Own work by uploader, http://bjornfree.com/galleries.html, taken at the public Australia National Maritime Museum
Author Bjørn Christian Tørrissen
Camera location33° 52′ 11″ S, 151° 11′ 56″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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