Te Pito Te Henua; Or, Easter Island |
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aanghuru Anakena ancient apai appearance ariiki kete mahua Atua bad condition basaltic bone Brander built bulrushes canoes carved cave Central section chief clan coast Collected by Paymaster crater of Rana December Eaha to ran EASTER ISLAND TABLETS Extreme length face feathers feet high feet long fish goddess Haka Hanga Roa hieroglyphics Hotu-Matua houses at Orongo inboard side inches Kapu Kapu te karata Kava Ki ai Kiroto king Kiroto Kokore La Pérouse land mahua i uta Mata Metua miles Miro Miro tree Moai natives nauai obsidian obtained ornamented Oroi Orongo Paymaster W. J. Thomson Pérouse plants Plate Platform Polynesia produced puaka ran ariiki kete Rana Roraka rangi Roggeveen Salmon sculptured rocks slope spear-heads stone houses structure sugar-cane tahi tapairu temples terraces thrown tion tombs Tonga Tongariki toromiro traditions tufa U. S. N. M. Easter Island Vaihu vicinity volcanic walls wooden