The stone sculpture of Easter Island belongs to an era which is now forgotten; there are a number of wooden carvings which, whatever their original age, are connected with a recent past, and even in a limited sense with the present. The most important of these works, the tablets, have already been dealt with, and mention has been made of the lizard figures, they have the head of that animal on a human body (fig. 117). The “ao,” the large dancing-paddle, and the smaller one, the “rapa,” are of much the same character, though used on different occasions (figs. 116 (_a_), 118). The “ua” is a club, on the handle of which are two heads back to back; these clubs were dignified with individual names. The “paoa” was a wooden sword. There were also bird ornaments carved in wood which were worn on the last day of the koro and by Ngaara. The “rei-miro” is a breast ornament of a crescent shape, with a face at one or both ends; it is found depicted on the Orongo rocks and frequently on the tablets. It was especially a woman’s decoration, but a number of small ones were said to have been worn by Ngaara. The specimen in the British Museum is embellished with glyphs, of which no account was forthcoming (fig. 115). OBJECTS CARVED IN WOOD. [Illustration: FIG. 115. [_Brit. Mus._ REI-MIRO, A BREAST ORNAMENT. 16 inch. ] [_Brit. Mus._ [Illustration: FIG. 116. (_a_) RAPA. Dancing-paddle. 38 in. (_b_) UA. Club with two faces. 60 in. ] [Illustration: FIG. 117. MOKO-MIRO. Lizard’s head on human body. 15 in. ] [Illustration: FIG. 118. [_Univ. of California._ AO Dancing-paddle. Usual length about 6 ft. ] [Illustration: FIG. 119. WOODEN IMAGES (_MOAI-MIRO_). Female Image. (_Moai Papa._) Male Image. (_Moai Tangata._) Male Image showing Ribs. (_Moai Kava-kava_). Front view. Profile. ]