Ana Eva Hei

Ana Eva Hei
Ana Eva Hei, profile view by Walter Knoche, 1911[note 1]
Bornc.1849
Rapa Nui
Diedc.1949
Rapa Nui
Known forQueen of Rapa Nui
One of the last tattooed people of Rapa Nui
SpouseAtamu Tekena

Ana Eva Hei, also Uka ʻa Hei ʻa ʻArero, or Reina Eva (Queen Eva) (c.1849 - c.1949[1]) was the consort of the penultimate ruler of Rapa Nui, Atamu Tekena, and was one of the last surviving Rapa Nui people to have been tattooed using traditional practices.


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  1. ^ Kaeppler, Adrienne L. (2018). The iconic tattooed man of easter island: an illustrated life (PDF). Santa Monica, CA: EISP Foundation Mana Press. pp. 37, 51. ISBN 978-1-7324952-0-3.