Gorget (Rei Miro)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.406
Elegant, crescent-shaped gorgets or chest ornaments known as rei miro (“necklace of wood”) were generally worn by chiefly women of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The abstracted forms at the tips of this example replace the human heads that are more typical.
Sculpture
| id |
id
136929
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|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
sculpture
|
| citation |
citation
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| rights |
rights
CC0
|
| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
|
| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q80031262"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
1961.406
|
Source image fields (4)
| thumbnailUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.406/1961.406_web.jpg |
|---|---|
| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.406/1961.406_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.406/1961.406_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |