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 >>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> >>Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> >>From: Carol Mayer <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: Easter Island artifacts >>To: [log in to unmask] >> >>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 >************************************** >Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, and SPANBORD >[log in to unmask] >[log in to unmask] >************************************** John W. Dougherty |"Theories," . . . So the dragon once spoke. [log in to unmask] |"They'ld map out roads through Hell with |their crackpot theories." I recall his laugh. | -Grendel