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 Moai facing inland at Ahu Tongariki, restored by Chilean archaeologist Claudio Cristino in the 1990s |
Moai , or mo‘ai, are monolithic human figures carved from rock on the Chilean Polynesian island of Easter Island between the years 1250 and 1500. Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called ahu around the island's perimeter. Almost all moai have overly large heads three-fifths the size of their bodies. The moai are chiefly the living faces (aringa ora) of deified ancestors (aringa ora ata tepuna). The statues still gazed inland across their clan lands when Europeans first visited the island, but most would be cast down during later conflicts between clans.
- Related: Marae, Ancestor worship, Dol hareubang, Tiki
| Terevaka.net Data Community - Britton Shepardson Terevaka.net Data Community - Britton Shepardson www.terevaka.net/dc/databases/shepardson_2009/Moai_pt1.html - Web |
| Easter Island Statue project Easter Island Statue project www.eisp.org - Web |
| PBS NOVA: Secrets of Easter Island PBS NOVA: Secrets of Easter Island www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/ - Web |
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| PBS NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires: Easter Island PBS NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires: Easter Island www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/easter/ - Web |
| Czech who made moai statues walk returns to Easter... Czech who made moai statues walk returns to Easter Island www.radio.cz/en/article/35755 - Web |
| Many on Easter Island Prefer to Leave Stones Untur... Many on Easter Island Prefer to Leave Stones Unturned www.nytimes.com/.../09easter.html?_r=1&oref=login - Web |
| Chile Cultural Society - Easter Island Moai Chile Cultural Society - Easter Island Moai www.chileculture.org/easter-island-statues-moai/ - Web |
