Meeting at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences — Vatican City, 2018
Photographic record of Their Majesties within the chambers of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Vatican City
Collection Record
Photographic record of the joint audience convened within the chambers of the Pontifical Academy at the Casina Pio IV, Vatican City, attended by His Majesty the Aliʻi Nui of the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi together with a Rapa Nui customary leader in feathered ceremonial regalia. Other individuals appearing in the plate are not identified, as their presence is not independently sourced.
Photographic Evidence
What a photograph may establish
Presence, a meeting, a ceremony, a delegation, a gathering, and shared participation, as recorded in the image and its caption.
What a photograph alone does not establish
Formal state recognition, government endorsement, recognition by the United Nations, interstate treaty status, or legal jurisdiction.
Traditional, ceremonial, and cultural significance recorded in these plates is documented on its own terms and is not diminished by this note.
Related archive records
Archive records catalogued under the same places and subjects as this collection.
- Rapa Nui Ceremonial Procession — Rapa Nui, 2012 · PKA-CER-2024-002
- Rapa Nui Royal Meeting — Rapa Nui (Easter Island) · PKA-JRN-2024-004
- Rapa Nui Ceremonial Exchange — Rapa Nui (Easter Island) · PKA-JRN-2024-008
- Rapa Nui Ceremonial Procession — Rapa Nui (Easter Island) · PKA-CER-2024-007
- Rapa Nui Chiefs Gathering — Rapa Nui (Easter Island) · PKA-JRN-2024-009
- Visit to Ahu Tongariki — Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) · PKA-JRN-2024-010
Last reviewed: 2026-09-06 — the date this collection entry was last editorially reviewed on this website, not the date of the events depicted.