Statue of A'a from Rurutu
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The statue of A'a from Rurutu is a wooden sculpture of the god A'a that was made on the Pacific island of Rurutu in the Austral archipelago. In the early nineteenth century, the sculpture was given by the islanders to the London Missionary Society to mark their conversion to Christianity. Following this, it was brought back to England to be displayed, first in the museum of the LMS and then in the British Museum. The figure of A'a is famous as one of the finest surviving pieces of Polynesian sculpture, and in the twenty-first century the sculpture is, according to Julie Adams, curator of the Oceania collection at the British Museum "an international celebrity".[1]
Statue of A'a from Rurutu | |
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Material | Wood |
Size | 1.17 metres high |
Created | before 1821 (probably 1591–1647) |
Present location | British Museum, London |
Registration | Oc,LMS.19 |