Easter Island Rapa Nui Oceanic vintage wood hand carved cane walking stick

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Easter Island Rapa Nui Oceanic vintage wood hand carved cane walking stick:
$139.99

Selling a unique hand carved wood (rare in itself) cane/walking stick from Easter Island/Rapa Nui.
37\" handle to floorthere is another 1\" knob on the handlethe handle is solid and thickMans face on one side. Bird on the handle.From the famous bird man story of Easter Island.The bird man ceremony was an annual event at the September equinox. It took place at Orongo. The men had to locate the first egg laid by the sooty tern, a migratory bird on Moto Nui, the largest of three islets opposite Orongo
Men scaled the sheer cliff to the ocean and swam through shark infested waters to the islet. The founder or birdman lived in solitude for the next year.
I purchased this on Easter Island in 2000. It was the only wood carving I could find. Wood and trees are scarce there.
Rare antique