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© Stéphane Compoint
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Chili - Ile de Paques - Mission scientifique dirigee par l'archeologue italien Giuseppe Orefici : Les Moais Kava Kava etaient enterres au pied des portes des maisons Rapa Nui (voir photo 20, et 40 à 44). Ils incarnaient l’ame des anciens membres de la famille. Contrairement au Moais des chefs, tailles dans le tuf du volcan Rano Raraku, ces objets cultuels étaient sculptes dans du Toro Miro, petit arbre endemique fournissant un bois tres dur, imputrescible, au grain fin et d’une belle couleur rouge sang. Le bois a de tous temps ete un materiau très precieux sur l’ile. Aujourd’hui, l’arbre Toro Miro a totalement disparu de la surface de l'ile (et de la planete). // Chile - Easter Island - Scientific mission led by the Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Orefici: The Moais Kava Kava were buried at the foot of the doors of Rapa Nui houses (see photo 20, and 40 to 44). They embodied the soul of the former members of the family. Contrary to the Moais of the chiefs, carved in the tuff of the Rano Raraku volcano, these cult objects were carved in Toro Miro, a small endemic tree providing a very hard, rot-proof wood, with fine grain and a beautiful blood-red color. Wood has always been a very precious material on the island. Today, the Toro Miro tree has completely disappeared from the surface of the island (and the planet).
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