Ngaꞌara

Ngaꞌara (reigned from the death of his father, Kai Makoꞌi ca. 1835 to his own death just before 1860) was the last great ꞌariki, or paramount chief, of Easter Island, and the last master of rongorongo, the Easter Island script. Before becoming king, Ngaꞌara ran a hare rongorongo (rongorongo school) at ꞌAnakena Bay. Generally fathers would teach their sons and any other boys who were interested, and Ngaꞌara was the most famous teacher on the island. Boys would study three to five months to learn rongorongo. — Thomson (1891:514)

Ngaꞌara

Ngaꞌara (reigned from the death of his father, Kai Makoꞌi ca. 1835 to his own death just before 1860) was the last great ꞌariki, or paramount chief, of Easter Island, and the last master of rongorongo, the Easter Island script. Before becoming king, Ngaꞌara ran a hare rongorongo (rongorongo school) at ꞌAnakena Bay. Generally fathers would teach their sons and any other boys who were interested, and Ngaꞌara was the most famous teacher on the island. Boys would study three to five months to learn rongorongo. — Thomson (1891:514)