Easter Island
(Place)
Also known as: Rapa Nui.
Island in the eastern Pacific, under Chilean administration.
Mentioned in
- An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology
- Anthropology and Religion
- Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
- Cook the Navigator
- Explorers of the Pacific: European and American Discoveries in Polynesia
- Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History
- Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
- Lore and history of the South Island Maori
- Maori and Polynesian: their origin, history and culture
- Summary of Contents
- Index — Roman numerals indicate chapters; Arabic figures paragraphs
- This Track passes from Japan over Micronesia and — Polynesia to the American Coast
- The Use of Iron Tools and Mortar closed the — Megalithic Era in a Locality
- Clear Evidence of a Fair Race having been Absorbed — by the Polynesians
- Japan and Polynesia
- Northward-pointing Traits in Polynesian Culture
- The Last Polynesian Migration did not come from — a Semitic Country or Race
- They found their way into the Pacific by the — Central Route, passing South-eastwards along — the North-east Coasts of New Guinea and — Melanesia
- The Maori Ideas resemble the Teutonic more, yet — with South Asiatic Elements
- Aryan and Polynesian Culture looks to the Cold — North, and so does the Myth of the Discovery — of Artificial Fire
- No Pottery in Polynesia
- Fishing, Netting, and Rope-making were Aristocratic — Employments
- Polynesian Art had reached the Conventional Stage, — but with Great Luxuriance in the South
- Whence the Spiral in Tattooing?
- Tattooing the Face was a Fine Art
- The Canoe Spiral had probably a Different Origin — from the Tattooed Spiral
- Ancestor-worship and the Sense of the Supernatural — inspire it
- Clearly there was a Primitive Route from Japan, — with Islands separated only by Narrow Straits
- New Migrations from the North began in Neolithic Times; — but these were only Masculine
- In the Arts the Oldest are the Women's, those — Sacred to the Men are Newer
- The Methods adopted in the Book
- Old Samoa or Flotsam and Jetsam from the Pacific Ocean
- Te Kāhui Kura Māori, Volume 0, Issue 1
- The Maori: Yesterday and To-day
- The Origins of International Rivalry in Samoa: 1845–1884
Image Gallery
.jpg "Figure 265.—Polynesian cloth beaters (ike, i'e): a, Atiu, Cook Islands; b, Mangaia, Cook Islands, finishing beater; c, Tahiti; d, Marquesas; e, Austral Islands, general form; f, Tubuai, Austral Islands, crossed pattern; g, Rapa, crossed pattern; h, Hawaii, general form; i, Hawaii, zigzag pattern; j, Mangareva, showing wide smooth surface (1) and narrow grooved surface (2); k, Easter Island; l, New Zealand; m, Tonga")
.jpg "Figure 269.—Distribution of haft types, with literature citations. References for Polynesia are as: 1, toe haft: New Zealand (6, pp. 383, 393); Hawaii (11, pl. 60); Marquesas (47, pl. 48, A); Tuamotu (Emory ms.); Easter Island (Bishop Mus. Hafts); Manihiki-Rakahanga (75, pp. 144, 145); Tongareva (74, p. 180) Niue (48, pl. 8, A); Samoa alternate form (73, p. 362); Austral Islands alternate form (1, pp. 158, 159). 2, medium haft: Samoa (73, pp. 360, 361); Tonga (Bishop Mus. Coll.); Pukapuka (3, p…")
.jpg "Figure 274.—Polynesian wooden images, front and side views. a, Rarotonga, fisherman's god (Peabody Mus., Cambridge, Mass., 53517). b, Aitutaki, goddess (British Mus., L.M.S.). c, Tahiti, sorcerer's image (ti'i) (British Mus., 7047). d, Raivavae, Austral Islands (British Mus., 54-12-29-120). e, Marquesas (Bishop Mus., 3020) f, New Zealand, carved figure with face tattooing pattern (Oldman coll., 14). g, Mangareva, god (La Rochelle Mus., H.498). h, Easter Island, carved figure (moai kava-kava) (O…")
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For several reasons, including lack of resource and inherent ambiguity, not all names in the NZETC are marked-up. This means that finding all references to a topic often involves searching. Search for Easter Island as: "Easter Island", "Rapa Nui". Additional references are often found by searching for just the main name of the topic (the surname in the case of people).
Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Easter Island":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.