Topknot Or Pukao For Statue
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 May 1887
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: FROM CARD: "BLOCK OF RED TUFA, OR CALCAREOUS ROCK, POROUS AND BRITTLE, SLIGHTLY OVAL SHAPED, SQUARE ON TOP WITH SLIGHTLY CONVEX BASE. SUPPOSED TO BE A CROWN FOR IMAGE... THIS IS A TOPKNOT OR PUKAO FOR A STATUE, OF RED SCORIA... CAP FOR NO. 128368 " Illus. (a drawing of pukao on statue E128368) in Fig. 10, p. 28, in "Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island" by Eric Kjellgren, Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University Press, 2001.
label: Notes
content: Note, although catalogued and exhibited as the pukao for statue # E128368, including when it was in old NMNH Exhibit Hall 8, according to the Easter Island Statue Project this pukao was probably not made for that statue. This pukao is carved from red scoria, the sole source of which on Easter Island is the Puna Pau quarry. Pukao is Easter Island Statue Project reference # SI-WDC-003.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 019025
label: USNM Number
content: E128369-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 102 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 66 cm