Feather found inside the figure known as A'a

In November 2015, this tiny red feather was found caught on a splinter inside the cavity of the figure of A’a. It probably came from one of the 24 gods, found stored inside A’a by missionaries in 1821.

The feather was taken to the Natural History Museum where experts identified it as coming from a Kuhl’s lorikeet (vini kuhlii) an endangered species found on the island of Rimatara about on hundred miles from Rurutu.