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|image=Moai Rano raraku.jpg |
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|caption=Moai at Rano Raraku, Easter Island |
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|text='''[[Moai]]''' are [[monolith]]ic human figures carved by the [[Rapa Nui people]] on [[Easter Island]] in eastern [[Polynesia]] between the years 1250 and 1500 [[Common era|CE]].Nearly half are still at [[Rano Raraku]], the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called [[Easter Island#Ahu|ahu]] around the island's perimeter. Almost all moai have overly large heads three-eighths the size of the whole statue. 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 were cast down during later conflicts between clans. |
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|text=A '''[[Moai]]''', a [[monolith]]ic human figure carved from rock on the [[Polynesia]]n island of [[Easter Island]] between the years 1250 and 1500. |
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|credit= [[User:Aurbina|Aurbina]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 25 June 2016
Moai are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500 CE.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-eighths the size of the whole statue. 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 were cast down during later conflicts between clans.