This sounds as if it is a "Rongo-rongo" tablet. Which
hearking back to Heyerdahl and "Aku-aku," recently a
current topic on the archaeology list, are known only
from Easter Island. Supposedly the art of reading them
is now lost.

On Mon, 3 Feb 1997 17:45:04 -0800, Anita Cohen-Williams
wrote:

>Can someone help Carol?
>
>>Date:         Mon, 3 Feb 1997 17:12:25 -0800
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>>From: Carol Mayer <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject:      Easter Island artifacts
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>>We have received an Easter Island wood tablet with carved hieroglyphs.  I am
>>trying to find any information on these and, in particular, a source that
>>could evaluate one.  We have searched back many years in the auction
>>catalogues and cannot find one that was ever sold.   Is there anybody out
>>there who knows about these -  my only source to date is a wonderful 1891
>>publication put out by the Smithsonian Institution by William J. Thomson
>>called "Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island".
>>Please reply off list.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Carol E. Mayer
>>Curator
>>UBC Museum of Anthropology
>>6393 NW Marine Drive
>>Vancouver, B.C.
>>V6T 1Z2
>>fax: 604-822-2974
>>tel: 604-822-8224
>>
>>
>Anita Cohen-Williams
>Information Specialist
>Auto Club of Southern California
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