Gorget (Rei Miro), 1800s. Pacific Islands, Polynesia, Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Wood; overall: x cm (12 1/8 x 27 1/2 in.). Elegant, crescent-shaped gorgets or chest ornaments known as rei miro (“necklace of wood”) were generally worn by chiefly women of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The abstracted forms at the tips of this example replace the human heads that are more typical.

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