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Rapa (dance paddle)

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Wood, Rapa Nui people
Rights: Public Domain
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Gift of Mrs.Gertrud A. Mellon 1972
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Title: Rapa (dance paddle)
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Wood, Rapa Nui people.

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