The Easter Island Tablets: Photographic Sources

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Reproduction ratios, in parentheses, are only approximate.

C.E.I.P.P. 1982. Nouveau regard sur l'Île de Pâques. Moana Editeur, Saintry-sur-Seine. ISBN 2-904279-00-8.
1. p.126: Small Santiago Tablet (G), recto, black and white, 250mm by 92mm (80%).
2. p.144: Segment of lines 4 to 7 of Small Santiago Tablet, recto, black and white enlargement, 170mm by 112mm (150%).
3. p.188: Segment of lines 2 to 5 of Small Santiago Tablet, recto, black and white enlargement, 170mm by 112mm (160%).
4. p.190: Reconstitution of Keiti Tablet (E) by François Dederen, verso, black and white, 163mm by 52mm (40%).
5. p.196: Segment of lines 3 to 5 of Santiago Staff (I), black and white enlargement, 170mm by 112mm (150%).
6. p.197: Stephen-Chauvet fragment (F), both sides, black and white, each enlarged to 170mm by 112mm (130%).
7. p.201: Segment of lines 6 to 9 of Mamari Tablet (C), side b, colorized digital image, enlargement, 124mm by 113mm (200%).
8. p.204: Segment of Small Santiago Tablet, recto, black-and-white enlargment, 170mm by 112mm (150%).
9. p.204: Segment of lines 2 to 7 of Small Santiago Tablet, recto, black-and-white enlargment, 170mm by 112mm (120%).
C.E.I.P.P. 1993. Les mystères résolus de l'Île de Pâques. Editions STEP, Evry. ISBN 2-9508078-0-1.
1. p.262: Same as 1.4 above, but smaller: 120mm by 38mm.
2. p.263: Same as 1.8 above, 100mm by 67mm.
3. p.263: Same as 1.9 above, 100mm by 67mm.
4. p.265: Same as 1.1 above, 198mm by 74mm.
5. p.276: Lower quarter of Mamari Tablet (C), side a, black and white, 190mm by 42mm (65%).
6. p.277: Mamari Tablet (C), side a, black and white, 69mm by 48mm (25%).
7. Back cover: Aruku-Kurenga Tablet (B), recto, colour, 105mm by 39mm (25%). Mislabelled as "verso", misprinted as mirror-image, upside down.
Dos Passos, John. 1971. Easter Island - island of enigmas. Doubleday, New York.
1. pp.100-101: Segment of lines 3 to 6 of Small Santiago Tablet (G), verso, black-and-white enlargement, 230mm by 192mm (230%).
Englert, Sebastian. 1970. Island at the Center of the World. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York.
1. p.75: Segment of lines 3 to 7 of Small Santiago Tablet, verso, black-and-white enlargement, 125mm by 165mm (215%).
Fischer, Steven. 1997. Rongorongo - The Easter Island Script. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-823710-3.
All photographs are black and white.
1. p.404: Tahua Tablet (A), side a, in two segments, 100mm by 28mm and 109mm by 28mm (23%). Source: Congregazione dei Sacri Cuori, Rome.
2. p.405: Tahua Tablet (A), side b, in three segments, 74mm by 28mm, 76mm by 28mm, 55mm by 27mm (23%). Source: Congregazione dei Sacri Cuori, Rome.
3. p.412: Mamari Tablet (C), side a, 100mm by 62mm (35%). Source: Congregazione dei Sacri Cuori, Rome.
4. p.413: Mamari Tablet (C), side b, 103mm by 64mm (36%). Source: Congregazione dei Sacri Cuori, Rome.
5. p.419: Échancrée Tablet (D), sides a and b, 103mm by 50mm (43%) and 109mm by 53mm (45%). Source: Congregazione dei Sacri Cuori, Rome.
6. p.423: Aruku-Kurenga Tablet (B), recto and verso, 102mm by 37mm (25%). Source: Congregazione dei Sacri Cuori, Rome.
7. p.429: Snuff Box (Y), all six panels, lid 49mm by 32mm, bottom 46mm by 28mm, front 48mm by 14mm, back 48mm by 13mm, right 48mm by 28mm, left 48mm by 28mm (70%). Author's photographs.
8. p.432: Keiti Tablet (E), sides a and b, each 109mm by 33mm (28%). Source: Lavachery 1933.
9. p.436: Stephen-Chauvet Fragment (F), side a, 70mm by 50mm (63%). Source: Catherine Orliac.
10. p.437: Stephen-Chauvet Fragment (F), side b, 70mm by 50mm (63%). Source: Catherine Orliac.
11. p.439: Small Santiago Tablet (G), recto and verso, each 110mm by 40mm (34%). Source: Museo Nacional, Santiago, Chile.
12. p.439: Great Santiago Tablet (H), recto and verso, each 109mm by 30mm (24%). Source: Thomson 1891 for the recto, Barthel 1958 for the verso.
13. p.445: Honolulu Tablet 1 (T), side a, 109mm by 40mm (36%, illegible). Source: Bishop Museum.
14. p.460: Middle section of Honolulu Tablet 2 (U), side a, 111mm by 26mm (32%, illegible). Source: Bishop Museum.
15. p.462: Middle section of Honolulu Tablet 3 (V), side a, 111mm by 24mm (27%, illegible). Source: Bishop Museum.
16. p.465: Atua-Mata-Riri Tablet (R), side a, 100mm by 37mm (40%). Source: Thomson 1891.
17. p.466: Atua-Mata-Riri Tablet (R), side b, 100mm by 37mm (40%). Source: Thomson 1891.
18. p.469: Great Washington Tablet (S), side a, 109mm by 21mm (17%). Source: Thomson 1891.
19. p.470: Great Washington Tablet (S), side b, 109mm by 21mm (17%). Source: Thomson 1891.
20. p.474: Small St. Petersburg Tablet (Q), recto 109mm by 21mm (26%, mostly illegible), verso 109mm by 15mm (26% and tilted 45 degrees, illegible). Source: Irina Fedorova.
21. p.479: Great St. Petersburg Tablet (P), recto and verso 106mm by 24mm (17%, illegible). Source: Irina Fedorova.
22. p.485: Small London Tablet (K), recto and verso 109mm by 32mm (50%). Source: Museum of Mankind, London.
23. p.490: Reimiro 1 (J), full-page photograph, 176mm high (25%). Source: Museum of Mankind, London.
24. p.492: Reimiro 2 (L), full-page photograph, 111mm wide (26%). Source: Museum of Mankind, London.
25. p.494: Boomerang or Berlin Tablet (O), leftmost section, 106mm by 30mm (30%, illegible). Source: Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin.
26. p.495: Boomerang or Berlin Tablet (O), middle and rightmost section, 106mm by 30mm and 103mm by 30mm (30%, illegible). Source: Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin.
27. p.499: Small Vienna Tablet (N), sides a and b, 111mm by 22mm (43%). Source: Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna.
28. p.502: Great Vienna Tablet (M), side a, 109mm by 50mm (38%). Source: Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna.
29. p.503: Plaster cast of Great Vienna Tablet (M), side a, 109mm by 50mm (38%). Source: Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna.
Orliac, Catherine and Michel. 1988. Des dieux regardent les étoiles - Les derniers secrets de l'Île de Pâques. Gallimard. ISBN 2-07-053063-9.
1. p.64: Small St. Petersburg Tablet (Q), verso, colour, 20mm by 85mm (20%, illegible)
2. pp.64-65: Aruku-Kurenga Tablet (B), colour, 190mm by 73mm, upside down (50%).
3. p.113: Snuff Box (Y), black and white, 55mm by 45mm (50%)
Robinson, Andrew. 199?. The Story of Writing. Thames and Hudson, London. ISBN 0-500-01665-8.
1. p.155: Mamari Tablet (C), side a, black and white, 61mm by 92mm (30%).
Routledge, Katherine. 1919. The Mystery of Easter Island. Reprint, 1998, by Adventures Unlimited Press, Kempton (Illinois). ISBN 0-932813-48-8.
1. p.245: Small London Tablet, recto, black and white, 179mm by 77mm (80%).
Thomson, William. 1891. Te Pito te Henua, or Easter Island. Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Washington.
1. between pp.514 and 515: Plates XXXVI (recto) and XXXVII (verso): Keiti (E), black and white, 183mm by 61mm (47%).
2. between pp.520 and 521: Plates XXXVIII (side b) and XXXIX (side a): Atua-Mata-Riri (R), black and white, 155mm by 60mm (63%).
3. between pp.524 and 525: Plates XL (side a) and XLI (side b): Great Washington Tablet (S), black and white, 176mm by 34mm (28%).
4. between pp.526 and 527: Plates XLII (side a) and XLIII (side b): Tablette Echancrée (D), black and white, 182mm by 95mm (77%).
5. between pp.526 and 527: Plates XLIV (side b) and XLV (side a): Mamari (C), black and white, 167mm by 110mm (57%).
6. between pp.526 and 527: Plate XLVI: cast of Keiti (E), recto on left side of plate, verso on right side, black and white, 133mm (truncated) by 48mm (37%).
7. between pp.526 and 527: Plates XLVII (recto) and XLVIII (verso): Great Santiago Tablet (H), black and white, 185mm by 52mm (41%).
8. between pp.526 and 527: Plate XLIX: Aruku-Kurenga (B), recto on left side, verso on right side of plate, black and white, 185mm by 52mm (41%).
Van Tilburg, Jo Anne. 1994. Easter Island - Archaeology, Ecology, and Culture. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. ISBN 1-56098-510-0.
1. p.89: Rei miro (J), black and white, 179mm by 100mm (23%).
2. p.113: Segment of Atua-Mata-Riri Tablet (R), side b, black and white enlargement, 102mm by 155mm (150%).

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