The paintings of Ana Kai Tangata cave, Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

dc.contributor.author	Lee, Georgia
dc.contributor.author	Horley, Paul
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-12T22:31:37Z
dc.date.issued	2013-10-01
dc.description.abstract	Based on our detailed analysis of the historic photographs and watercolors of Ana Kai Tangata cave, we have made a tentative reconstruction of the entire painted panel as it might have been in the beginning of the 20th century, featuring a larger number of birds. Surprisingly, there are numerous depictions of historic ships – second only to the birdman village of ‘Orongo – suggesting that at a certain time in history, the islanders may have considered the European visitors as messengers from the other world, arriving and disappearing to the ocean in a similar seasonal cycle as the migrating birds. This parallel may have been reinforced by the seasonality of ship callings at Easter Island, which occurred with a considerable prominence around the Austral spring and autumn, approximately at the time of the birdman ceremony and half a year after it.
dc.identifier.issn	1040-1385(Print)
dc.identifier.issn	2576-5469(ISSN)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10524/65022
dc.subject	Easter Island
dc.subject	Rapa Nui
dc.title	The paintings of Ana Kai Tangata cave, Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
dc.type	Article
dc.type.dcmi	Text
prism.number	2
prism.volume	27

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