You might contact Dr. Yosi Sinoto at the Bishop Museum. He is well
recognized for his Easter Island research. Contact at: [log in to unmask]


At 05:45 PM 2/3/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Can someone help Carol?
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>>Date:         Mon, 3 Feb 1997 17:12:25 -0800
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>>Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>>From: Carol Mayer <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject:      Easter Island artifacts
>>To: [log in to unmask]
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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
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>Auto Club of Southern California
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