Object in Focus: Hoa Hakananai'a
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Object in Focus: Hoa Hakananai'a by Jo Anne Van Tilberg
This book tells the story of Hoa Hakananaia: 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.
Jo Anne Van Tilburg is an archaeologist and the director of the Easter Island Statue Project. A Research Associate of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, she has conducted an inventory of 887 monolithic statues on Rapa Nui and in museum collections. She is the author of Easter Island: Archaeology, Ecology and Culture (1994) and Among Stone Giants: The life of Katherine Routledge and her remarkable expedition to Easter Island (2003).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780714150246 |
| ISBN 10 | 071415024X |
| Title | Object in Focus: Hoa Hakananai'a |
| Author | Jo Anne Van Tilberg |
| Series | Object In Focus |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | British Museum Press |
| Year published | 2004-11-22 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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