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Reimiro

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 ('stern' or 'prow') and ('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: [[Image:RR 07.png|12px]]), 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.

Gallery

Image:Flag of Rapa Nui, Chile.svg|A reimiro is the emblem of the Flag of Rapa Nui. Image:Reimiro without faces.jpg|A large (61 cm) reimiro with very stylized faces. It may be that pectorals of this size were worn by men. Image:Rongorongo L rei miro 2.jpg|A reimiro inscribed with rongorongo glyphs Image:Woman with rei-miro.jpg|A Solomon Islands woman wearing a shell pectoral resembling a reimiro

References

Stéphen-Charles Chauvet. 1935. L'île de Pâques et ses mystères ("Easter Island and its Mysteries"). Paris: Éditions Tel. (An online English version is available www.chauvet-translation.com here.)

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