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Übersee-Museum Bremen Ozeanien Ethnographische Sammlungen [D00320]
D00320 Figur | moai tangata (Übersee-Museum Bremen CC BY-SA)
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Male wooden figure with bulging belly. The head is large compared to the body. The eyebrows protrude and the eyes are made of inlaid bone rings with obsidian discs in them for the pupils. On the head are notches (head glyph).
Long arms, slightly bent at the elbow, hang down from the shoulders at the sides. The hands are not fully sculpted. The nipples are elaborated. The navel is marked on the curved belly. The penis is without scrotum. The legs are short and stocky in proportion to the body and arms. Slightly bent at the knee, the legs end in small feet that have not been fully sculpted. The back has a large longitudinal split.

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