Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
Upper section of a Rarotongan Staff God. The large head in profile is succeeded by a number of smaller figures, alternately in full face and in profile. The middle section of the staff was covered with rolls of tapa. The lower section also has small figures and it ends in a phallus
Upper section of a Rarotongan Staff God. The large head in profile is succeeded by a number of smaller figures, alternately in full face and in profile. The middle section of the staff was covered with rolls of tapa. The lower section also has small figures and it ends in a phallus.