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Remote Possibilities

`This paper is a considerably revised version of the 1992 “British Museum Occasional Paper Number 73” by the same author. The book describes how, when and by whom Hoa Hakanai`a was collected. It also reconstructs the underlying Rapanui aesthetic and social structure that produced Hoa Hakanai`a, and which has been obscured by time and historic accident` – “British Museum Research Paper 158”, 2005.