Illustration
A front view of the Kon-Tiki expedition raft which Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) and his crew used to cross the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia in 1947. The mask on the sale is a representation of the Sun god Kon-Tiki painted by expedition member Erik Hesselberg (1914-72).
Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo
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