Tangata Manu: A rare and beautiful late-period... - Lot 404 - Vermot et Associés

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Tangata Manu: A rare and beautiful late-period... - Lot 404 - Vermot et Associés
Tangata Manu: A rare and beautiful late-period sculpture from Easter Island. Representation of the bird man, a ritual that made the one who brought back the first frigate bird egg from the new brood (that's why the head looks like a frigate bird's head) a demi-god because he represented fecundity and the hope of perenniality.carved wood.H : 29,5cm. Prov :Parisian collection of M.C.
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