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In this photo provided by the Kon-Tiki Museum press service on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, head of the museum Liv Heyerdahl, second from right, attends the "repatriation" ceremony at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Kon-Tiki Museum press service via AP)

In this photo provided by the Kon-Tiki Museum press service on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, head of the museum Liv Heyerdahl, second from right, attends the "repatriation" ceremony at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Kon-Tiki Museum press service via AP)

Norway's King Harald, centre, and Queen Sonja, right, welcome Rapa Nui Chilean politician Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcon, at the Royal Palace, in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norway's King Harald, centre, and Queen Sonja, right, welcome Rapa Nui Chilean politician Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcon, at the Royal Palace, in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Kon-Tiki Museum's director Liv Heyerdahl, right, and Rapa Nui Chilean politician Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcon attend the "repatriation" ceremony for artifacts and human remains, at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Kon-Tiki Museum's director Liv Heyerdahl, right, and Rapa Nui Chilean politician Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcon attend the "repatriation" ceremony for artifacts and human remains, at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

In this photo provided by the Kon-Tiki Museum press service on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, people look at artifacts and human remains taken from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, by a Norwegian explorer in the late 1940s, during the "repatriation" ceremony at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Kon-Tiki Museum press service via AP)

In this photo provided by the Kon-Tiki Museum press service on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, people look at artifacts and human remains taken from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, by a Norwegian explorer in the late 1940s, during the "repatriation" ceremony at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Kon-Tiki Museum press service via AP)

Rapa Nui Chilean politician Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcon attends the "repatriation" ceremony for artifacts and human remains, at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Rapa Nui Chilean politician Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcon attends the "repatriation" ceremony for artifacts and human remains, at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

In this photo provided by the Kon-Tiki Museum press service on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, a person holds an artifact taken from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, by a Norwegian explorer in the late 1940s, during the "repatriation" ceremony at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Kon-Tiki Museum press service via AP)

In this photo provided by the Kon-Tiki Museum press service on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, a person holds an artifact taken from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, by a Norwegian explorer in the late 1940s, during the "repatriation" ceremony at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Kon-Tiki Museum press service via AP)

Norway's King Harald, centre, and Queen Sonja, right, welcome Rapa Nui Chilean politician Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcon, at the Royal Palace, in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Aaserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norway's King Harald, centre, and Queen Sonja, right, welcome Rapa Nui Chilean politician Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcon, at the Royal Palace, in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Aaserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

FILE - Moai statues stand on Ahu Tongariki near the Rano Raraku volcano, top, on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, Chile, Nov. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

FILE - Moai statues stand on Ahu Tongariki near the Rano Raraku volcano, top, on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, Chile, Nov. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Kon-Tiki Museum's director Liv Heyerdahl, right, and Rapa Nui Chilean politician Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcon attend the "repatriation" ceremony for artifacts and human remains, at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Kon-Tiki Museum's director Liv Heyerdahl, right, and Rapa Nui Chilean politician Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcon attend the "repatriation" ceremony for artifacts and human remains, at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Rapa Nui Chilean politician Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcon attends the "repatriation" ceremony for artifacts and human remains, at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Rapa Nui Chilean politician Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcon attends the "repatriation" ceremony for artifacts and human remains, at the Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norway's King Harald, centre, and Queen Sonja, right, welcome Miguel Pate Haoa, at the Royal Palace, in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Aaserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norway's King Harald, centre, and Queen Sonja, right, welcome Miguel Pate Haoa, at the Royal Palace, in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Lise Aaserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)