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Figure representing a Moai Kava Kava from Easter...

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Figure representing a Moai Kava Kava from Easter Island. The bone eyes are filled with red sealing wax. Height: 37.5 cm Purchased from Galerie Carrefour, Suzanne Vérité, on March 22, 1944 for 4900 Fr. A copy of the letter with the drawing of the work in Pierre Vérité's hand and its description: Wood very close to toromiro, part of a collection that arrived in France in 1858, will be given to the buyer.