Crescent-shaped pectoral ornament of Easter Island
An old rei miro, with human faces on each end. This is the inner side, which was once filled with chalk.
A reimiro is a crescent-shaped pectoral ornament once worn by the people of Easter Island. The name comes from the Rapanui rei ('stern' or 'prow') and miro ('boat'). Thus the crescent represents a Polynesian canoe.
Each side of the reimiro ended in a human face. The outer, display side had two small pierced bumps through which a cord was strung for hanging it. The inner side contained a cavity that was filled with chalk made from powdered seashells.
A reimiro provides the image of the Flag of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). It also appears to feature in the rongorongo script of Easter Island (as glyph 07: ), and one reimiro is preserved with a long rongorongo text.
Although the human faces on the reimiro are unique to Easter Island, the pectoral itself is part of a wider tradition. In the Solomon Islands, for example, women wear shell pectorals which resemble reimiro.
A reimiro is a crescent-shaped pectoral ornament once worn by the people of Easter Island. The name comes from the Rapanui rei ('stern' or 'prow') and...
The flag of Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Te Reva Reimiro or Te Reva Rapa Nui) is the flag of Easter Island, a special territory of Chile. It was first flown...
driftwood, but include a chieftain's staff, a tangata manu statuette, and two reimiro ornaments. There are also a few petroglyphs which may include short rongorongo...
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of the rongorongo corpus, also known as (London) reimiro 2, is the smaller of two inscribed reimiro in London and one of two dozen surviving rongorongo...
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have found their way to the world's museums. Particular forms include: Reimiro, a gorget or breast ornament of crescent shape with a head at one or both...
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of the rongorongo corpus, also known as (London) reimiro 1, is the larger of two inscribed reimiro in London and one of two dozen surviving rongorongo...
with red lines and pictures. 2006–present Reimiro, the Flag of Rapa Nui people White field with a red Reimiro (a traditional religious figure sculpted...
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), and one reimiro is preserved with a long rongorongo text.