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Rongorongo Text N
Text N of the rongorongo corpus, the smaller of two tablets in Vienna and therefore also known as the Small Vienna tablet, is one of two dozen surviving rongorongo texts. It repeats much of the verso of Rongorongo text E, tablet E. Other names N is the standard designation, from Thomas Barthel, Barthel (1958). Fischer (1997) refers to it as RR23. Location ''Vienna Museum of Ethnology, Museum für Völkerkunde,'' Vienna. Catalog # 22870. There is a reproduction in the ''Musée de l'Homme,'' Paris. Description Small Vienna is a rectangular piece of ''Podocarpus latifolius'' wood (Orliac 2007), 25.5 × 5.2 × 2 cm, slightly convex but not fluted. It is heavily fire damaged, with one end splintered off, and badly cracked. The surface is corroded, but the glyphs are still legible. Haberlandt (1886) noticed that N was carved with a different technique than the other tablets. In Fischer's words, :''It appears that the glyphs were incised with a sharpened bone instead of a shark's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rongorongo
Rongorongo (Rapa Nui: ) is a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th century on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) that appears to be writing or proto-writing. Numerous attempts at decipherment have been made, with none being successful. Although some calendrical and what might prove to be genealogical information has been identified, none of these glyphs can actually be read. If rongorongo does prove to be writing and proves to be an independent invention, it would be one of very few independent inventions of writing in human history. Two dozen wooden objects bearing rongorongo inscriptions, some heavily weathered, burned, or otherwise damaged, were collected in the late 19th century and are now scattered in museums and private collections. None remain on Easter Island. The objects are mostly tablets shaped from irregular pieces of wood, sometimes driftwood, but include a chieftain's staff, a bird-man statuette, and two ''reimiro'' ornaments. There are also a few petroglyphs which may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Métraux
Alfred Métraux (5 November 1902 – 12 April 1963) was a Swiss and Argentine anthropologist, ethnologist and human rights leader. Early life Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Métraux spent much of his childhood in Argentina where his father was a well-known surgeon resident in Mendoza. His mother was a Georgian from Tbilisi. He received his secondary and university education in Europe, at the Classical Gymnasium of Lausanne, the École nationale des chartes in Paris, the École nationale des langues Orientales (Diplome, 1925). The École pratique des hautes études (Diplôme, 1927) and the Sorbonne ( Docteur ès lettres, 1928). He also studied in Sweden, in Gothenburg's University and did research at the well-equipped local anthropological museum. Among his teachers were Marcel Mauss, Paul Rivet, and Erland Nordenskiöld. While he was still a student he entered into correspondence with Father John Cooper who introduced him to the American school of cultural anthropology. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fischer Nb
Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher. People with the surname A * Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official * Adam Fischer (sculptor) (1888–1968), Danish sculptor * Ádám Fischer (born 1949), Hungarian conductor * Adolph Fischer (1858-1887) Anarchist Martyr * Adolf Fischer (officer) (1893–1947), German Nazi general executed for war crimes * * Alfred Fischer (judge) (1919–2004), German judge * Alfred Fischer (architect) (1881–1950), German architect * Annie Fischer (1914–1995), Hungarian pianist * Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician * Anton Fischer (bobsleigh), German bobsledder * Artur Fischer (1919–2016), German inventor (fischertechnik, plastic dowel) * Axel Fischer (born 1966), German politician B * Batty Fischer (1877–1958), Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer * Bernd Fischer (other) * Birgit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barthel Nb
Barthel may refer to: People * E. J. Barthel (born 1985), American football player *Ernst Barthel (1890–1953), Alsatian mathematician and philosopher, friend of Albert Schweitzer *Johann Caspar Barthel (1697–1771), German Jesuit canon lawyer * Josy Barthel (1927–1992), Luxembourgish Olympic athlete *Klaus Barthel (born 1955), German politician of the SPD *Kurt Barthel (fl. mid-20th century), founder of the American nudist movement * Marcel Barthel (born 1990), German professional wrestler *Max Barthel (1893–1975) German author * Mona Barthel (born 1990), German tennis player *Thomas Barthel (1923–1997), German ethnologist and epigrapher *Trond Barthel (born 1970), Norwegian champion pole-vaulter * Barthel Beham (1502–1540), German engraver, miniaturist, and painter *Barthel Schink (1927–1944), German youth member of the Ehrenfeld Group, an anti-Nazi resistance group Other *Barthel, Saskatchewan, Canada * Barthel scale, a scale used to measure performance in basic activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fischer Na
Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher. People with the surname A * Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official * Adam Fischer (sculptor) (1888–1968), Danish sculptor * Ádám Fischer (born 1949), Hungarian conductor * Adolph Fischer (1858-1887) Anarchist Martyr * Adolf Fischer (officer) (1893–1947), German Nazi general executed for war crimes * * Alfred Fischer (judge) (1919–2004), German judge * Alfred Fischer (architect) (1881–1950), German architect * Annie Fischer (1914–1995), Hungarian pianist * Andrea Fischer (born 1960), German politician * Anton Fischer (bobsleigh), German bobsledder * Artur Fischer (1919–2016), German inventor (fischertechnik, plastic dowel) * Axel Fischer (born 1966), German politician B * Batty Fischer (1877–1958), Luxembourg dentist and amateur photographer * Bernd Fischer (other) * Birgit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barthel Na
Barthel may refer to: People * E. J. Barthel (born 1985), American football player *Ernst Barthel (1890–1953), Alsatian mathematician and philosopher, friend of Albert Schweitzer *Johann Caspar Barthel (1697–1771), German Jesuit canon lawyer * Josy Barthel (1927–1992), Luxembourgish Olympic athlete *Klaus Barthel (born 1955), German politician of the SPD *Kurt Barthel (fl. mid-20th century), founder of the American nudist movement * Marcel Barthel (born 1990), German professional wrestler *Max Barthel (1893–1975) German author * Mona Barthel (born 1990), German tennis player *Thomas Barthel (1923–1997), German ethnologist and epigrapher *Trond Barthel (born 1970), Norwegian champion pole-vaulter * Barthel Beham (1502–1540), German engraver, miniaturist, and painter *Barthel Schink (1927–1944), German youth member of the Ehrenfeld Group, an anti-Nazi resistance group Other *Barthel, Saskatchewan, Canada * Barthel scale, a scale used to measure performance in basic activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rongorongo Text I
Text I of the rongorongo corpus, also known as the Santiago Staff, is the longest of the two dozen surviving rongorongo texts. Statistical analysis suggests that its contents are distinct from those of the other texts. Other names I is the standard designation, from Thomas Barthel, Barthel (1958). Fischer (1997) refers to it as RR10. Location ''Chilean National Museum of Natural History, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural,'' Santiago. Catalog # 5.499 (316). There are reproductions at th''Institut für Völkerkunde'' Tübingen (prior to 1989); Bishop Museum, Honolulu; ''Musées Royaux de Bruxelles,'' Belgium (as of 2008 temporarily housed in the ''Musée du Malgré Tout'' in Treignes); and in Steven Fischer's personal collection in Auckland. Physical description The 126-cm long staff is entirely covered with glyphs running along its length. It is round in cross-section, 5.7 cm in diameter at one end and 6.4 cm at the other (per Fischer; length 126.6 cm and circumf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rongorongo Text P
Text P of the rongorongo corpus, the larger of two tablets in St. Petersburg and therefore also known as the Great or Large St Petersburg tablet, is one of two dozen surviving rongorongo texts, and one of three recording the so-called " Grand Tradition". Other names P is the standard designation, from Barthel (1958). Fischer (1997) refers to it as RR18. Location Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, St Petersburg. Catalog # 403/13-2. There are reproductions in the '' Musée de l'Homme,'' Paris; the '' Museum für Völkerkunde,'' Berlin; and the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Description A well-preserved unfluted tablet with a "panhandle", 63 × 15 or 10 × 2 cm, made of ''Podocarpus latifolius'' wood (Orliac 2007). There are traces of clay on the tablet, but it does not obscure the glyphs as in tablet Q. Eight lashing holes have been bored along the long edge and another at the end. Provenance Fischer (1997) believes that the Large Sant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rongorongo Text B
Rongorongo is a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th century on Easter Island that appears to be writing or proto-writing. Text B of the rongorongo corpus, also known as ''Aruku Kurenga'', is one of two dozen surviving rongorongo texts. ''Aruku Kurenga'' provided part of the "Jaussen List", a failed key of rongorongo glyphs. Jaussen's informant, Metoro Taua Ure, "read" the tablet correctly from the bottom left of the recto, but the transcription of his reading has been of no use in understanding the script. Other names B is the standard designation, from Barthel (1958). Fischer (1997) refers to it as RR4 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rongorongo Text H
Text H of the rongorongo corpus, the larger of two tablets located in Santiago and therefore also known as the Great or Large Santiago tablet, is one of two dozen surviving rongorongo texts, and one of three recording the so-called " Grand Tradition". Other names H is the standard designation, from Barthel (1958). Fischer (1997) refers to it as RR9. Location '' Museo Nacional de Historia Natural,'' Santiago. Catalog # 5.498 (315). There are reproductions at the '' Musée de l'Homme,'' Paris''Institut für Völkerkunde'' Tübingen (prior to 1989); Bishop Museum, Honolulu; American Museum of Natural History, New York; van Hoorebeeck Collection, Belgium; and in Steven Fischer's collection in Auckland. Description A fluted, delicately carved but fire-damaged tablet, 44.5 × 11.6 × 2.7 cm, of Pacific rosewood (Orliac 2005). The wood is bent, following the contours of the tree from which it was cut. The sides are beveled, perhaps to make a larger writing surface. A plugg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florentin-Étienne Jaussen
Florentin-Étienne Jaussen, SS.CC., (2 April 1815 – 9 September 1891) was the first bishop of Tahiti and the man who brought the rongorongo script of Easter Island to the world's attention. In the 1860s Bishop Jaussen was responsible for ending the slave raids on Easter Island. Jaussen was born in Rocles, France. He was Vicar Apostolic of Tahiti and titular bishop of Axieri from 9 May 1848 until 12 February 1884, when he resigned. During this time he went by the name ''Tepano,'' the Tahitian pronunciation of Etienne in its original Greek form ''Stephanos''. He ordained the first native priest of Eastern Polynesia Tiripone Mama Taira Putairi Tiripone Mama Taira Putairi, SS.CC., (1846–1881) was educated by French missionaries from birth and became the first indigenous Roman Catholic priest ordained in Eastern Polynesia. He was part of the native royal family of Mangareva, and his fath ..., on 24 December 1874. He died on 9 September 1891 at the episcopal palace in Tahiti. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rongorongo Text E
Rongorongo (; Rapa Nui: ) is a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th century on Easter Island that appears to be writing or proto-writing. Text E of the rongorongo corpus, also known as ''Keiti'', is one of two dozen known rongorongo texts, though it survives only in photographs and rubbings. Other names E is the standard designation, from Barthel (1958). Fischer (1997) refers to it as RR6. Jaussen called it also ''vermoulue'' 'wormeaten'. Location Formerly in the library of the Catholic University of Leuven (Louvain), Belgium. Pinart published rubbings, which are kept in the Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Fischer (1997) says that the tablet survives in replicas made from casts. However, these replicas appear to have been of the Small Santiago; other than the rubbings, ''Keiti'' only survives in the two sets of photographs, one with white fill in the glyphs to make them more visible (Horley 2010). Description Destroyed during shelling of Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
