Easter Island, Polynesia
Wood (Toromiro - Sophora toromiro), obsidian, shell
Late 18th century
Height: 42.5 cm
Provenance
Reportedly collected by an officer on Captain James Cook’s voyage to Easter Island on HMS Resolution in 1774 (George Bennett)
Hornby Castle, Yorkshire (Dukes of Leeds and descendants)
Dr. Stéphen Chauvet, Paris (before 1935)
Maurice Ratton, Paris
Alain Schoffel, Paris
J.J. Klejmann, New York
George and Rosemary Lois, New York
Selected Publication History
Stephen Chauvet, L’Ile de Paques et ses Mystères, Paris, 1935,
pl XLVI, figs 126 and 127