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Product Name: 10 wholesale
This piece is from Easter Island. It is a Moai Kavakava, a carved wooden figure influenced by the Rapa Nui culture. They are said to be representations of starving ancestors or demons. Measures 10" tall. I have wholesale not been able to find an example of an identical figure online; it appears these carvings are an expression of the artist who made them. This figure could be fifty years old or three hundred years old; there's just no way for me to know. Even experts in this field are known to use carbon dating to determine the age. Good condition overall. There appears to be a chip at one of the shoulders. Also, the wood is colored differently from one side to the other. I suspect this piece sat with one side exposed to the sun or light for many many years, and eventually the exposure bleached out the wood to some extent.