Figure, 9th–11th century (?), United States, Mokumanamana (Necker) Island, Marae 12, Hawai'i, Hawai'i, Vesicular basalt, H. 7 3/4 x W. 6 1/8 in. (19.7 x 15.5 cm), Stone-Sculpture, This enigmatic head and torso is one of a group of eleven stone figures discovered in 1894 on Necker Island, a barren outcrop of rock 300 miles northwest of the Hawai'ian islands. Necker was once inhabited by Polynesian settlers who built temple platforms and carved stone figures from the local basaltic rock, but the island was abandoned several centuries prior to European contact
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Figure, 9th–11th century, United States, Mokumanamana, Necker, Island, Marae 12, Hawai, Vesicular basalt, H, 7 3/4 x W, 6 1/8, 19.7 15.5 cm, Stone-Sculpture, enigmatic, head, torso, group, eleven stone, figures, discovered, 1894, Necker Island, barren outcrop, rock 300, miles, northwest, Hawai'ian islands, inhabited, Polynesian settlers, built temple, platforms, carved, local basaltic, rock, island, abandoned several, centuries, prior, European contact
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