Reflections on the use of "Thespesia populnea" as wood for carvings on Easter Island
| dc.contributor.author | Orliac, Catherine | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bahn, Paul G. (Translation) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-12T21:25:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-11-12T21:25:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1994-01-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | <p>The object, recently identified as being made of <em>Thespesia populnea</em> (family <em>Malvaceae</em>), is a baton, or <em>ua</em>, measuring 141 cm long; it is from a private collection (G.LL 17426/200026). The modeling of the heads is particularly fine, enabling us to suggest that this work of art dates from the first European contacts. The object is sculpted in a pinkish wood, characteristic of <em>makoi,</em> the name the islanders gave to <em>Thespesia populnea</em>, the ' rose wood of Oceania '. This wood, sometimes the color of salmon, has the slight perfume of a rose, and is a material of very fine grain that carves easily and takes a beautiful polish.</p> | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10524/64166 | |
| dc.subject | carvings | |
| dc.subject | Thespesia populnea | |
| dc.subject | Easter Island | |
| dc.title | Reflections on the use of "Thespesia populnea" as wood for carvings on Easter Island | |
| dc.type | Research report | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text | |
| prism.number | 3 | |
| prism.volume | 8 |
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