Much, much more can be said about this. This is perhaps the most obvious mythological and cultural link with S. America. Paddles with a blade at either end are unknown in Polynesia. There are plenty of them in S. America. And also, plenty of info on the last couple of items exists on the Web already.
Good illustrations are also available.
So here we are, ladies and gentlemen. Prof. Jo Anne Van Tilburg supposedly sought, but not too diligently, is all published and awaits honest scholars who are really interested in the truth about Easter Island history, and not in the propagandistic pabulum of the obviously Eurocentric academic hacks whose clear intention is to minimize the achievements of Native South Americans who were excellent shipbuilders and sailors many centuries before Columbus and who almost without doubt came to the Easter Island at the earliest periods of human settlement there. Bishop Diego de Landa on his dealings with the Mayans Click here to go one level up in the directory.