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Easter Island

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Islands of the Pacific

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Images from the collections

Images about Easter Island

3 images from works
  • A man from Easter island (Rapa Nui), with elongated ears, encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • A woman inhabitant of Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Engraving by J. Caldwall, 1777 after W. Hodges, 1775.
  • Monuments on Easter Island (Rapa Nui), encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1777, after W. Hodges.

Works from the collections

11 works

    • Books

    Somatología de la Isla de Pascua / por Marcelo Bórmida.

    Bórmida, Marcelo. | Date: 1951
    • Books

    Sobre amuletos de los Pascuenses / Marcelo Bórmida.

    Bórmida, Marcelo. | Date: 1951
    • Books

    Aku-aku : the secret of Easter Island / [Thor Heyerdahl].

    Heyerdahl, Thor. | Date: [1958]
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    A man from Easter island (Rapa Nui), with elongated ears, encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1777, after W. Hodges.

    Hodges, William, 1744-1797. | Date: Feb.y 1st 1777 | Reference: 566175i
    • Books

    'Dance paddle' : Easter Island (Rapa Nui), early-to-mid-19th century : wood (possibly toromiro wood, Mimosa sp.) : On loan from Horniman Museum and Gardens, London.

    Wellcome Collection. | Date: [2011]

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