Stones From Dwellings (Atua Mangaro) 37
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Jan 1888
label: Collection Date
content: 18 Dec 1886 to 31 Dec 1886
name: label: Collector
content: Maj. William J. Thomson
label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department of the Navy
label: Expedition
content: Mohican Survey of Easter Island
label: Vessel
content: U.S.S. Mohican
notes: label: Notes
content: "Fetish [sic] stones -- Called Atua Mangaro. A collection obtained by digging beneath the door posts of the ancient dwellings The majority are simply beach pebbles others have been formed by rubbing and one is a triangular shaped stone with a face outlined upon it These were placed beneath the houses with much ceremony and were supposed to ward off evil influences. Plate LX fig 2." (William J. Thomson, “Te Pito Te Henua or Easter Island” in the Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: Report of the U.S. National Museum, 1889, page 538.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 39
place: label: Place
content: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 020078
label: USNM Number
content: E129763-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Amulet Stone