Statue of A'a from Rurutu
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A wooden sculpture of the god A'a was made on the Pacific island of Rurutu in the Austral archipelago most likely in the late 1500s to mid 1600s. In the early nineteenth century, the sculpture was giv
The A'a Idol from Rurutu in the British Museum
Portrait of Omai by Joshua Reynolds. According to one Rurutuan tradition, A'a was carved by Amaiterai, who has been identified with Omai, the second Pacific Islander known to visit Europe.
Image from the Handbook to the Ethnographical Collections (1910)
John Williams, who witnessed the presentation of the sculpture to the LMS, identified it as the god A'a.
Austral Islands
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The Austral Islands are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic in the South Pacific. Geographically, they consist of two separate archipelago
Statue of A'a from Rurutu
…A wooden sculpture of the god A'a was made on the Pacific island of Rurutu in the Austral archipelago most likely in the late 1500s to mid 1600s. In the early nineteenth century, the sculpture was given by the islanders to the London Missionary Society…
Royal family and chiefs of Rurutu. The young king, the regent, group of chiefs and inhabitants of Rurutu, 1889.
Tubuai, Austral Islands.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in the Austral Islands
Tubuai City Hall