Wooden image.--Called Moai Tangata. Male figure made of toromiro wood, with eyes of bone and obsidian. (Plate L, fig. l.)
Wooden image.--Called Moai Kva-kva. Male figure made of toromiro wood, with eyes of bone and obsidian, and breast-bone and ribs sharply defined. (Plate L, fig. 2.)
Wooden image.--Called Moai Papaa. Female figure made of toromiro wood, with eyes of bone and obsidian. (Plate L, fig. 3.)
These figures have been called household gods, and were never worshipped, though they were regarded the representations of certain spirits. Similar figures were made to represent deceased chiefs and
Tattooing implements.--Called Ta Kona. Tools used for puncturing the skin. Made of bird bones. Needles.--Called Iri. Both bone and wooden needles used for sewing tappa cloth, and other varieties for knitting meshes of nets. (Plate LX, fig. 1.) Fetish 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.) Neck ornaments.--Called Hoko Ngao. Carved wood in fanciful designs worn during the dance. Pigments.--Called Penetuli. Natural paints used by being ground down in the heated juice of the sugar cane. Frescoed slabs.--Taken from the inner walls and ceilings of the stone houses at Orongo. (Plate XXIII.) Fetish stones.--Buried under the corner-stones of the houses. 534:1 Mahuta Ariiki had a son who made the first stone image on the Island. This son died before his father. 534:2 These two kings reigned at the same time. The son rebelled against his father, and finally killed him.
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