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Ahu Tongariki. The second moai from the right has a pukao on its head. All fifteen standing moai at Ahu Tongariki. Ahu Tongariki (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈa.u toŋɡaˈɾiki]) is the largest ahu on Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Its moais were toppled during the island's civil wars, and in the twentieth century the ahu was swept inland by a tsunami.
Moai facing inland at Ahu Tongariki, restored by Chilean archaeologist Claudio Cristino in the 1990s. Moai or moʻai (/ ˈ m oʊ. aɪ / ⓘ MOH-eye; Spanish: moái; Rapa Nui: moʻai, lit. 'statue') are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in eastern Polynesia 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. Pages in category "Moai" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Map of Rapa Nui Island William Mulloy and a moai being restored at Ahu Akivi. Ahu Akivi is a particular sacred place on the Chilean island of Rapa Nui (or Easter Island), looking out towards the Pacific Ocean. The site has seven moai, all of equal shape and size, and is also known as a celestial observatory that was set up around the 16th ...
Pukao weigh up to 10 tonnes (11 short tons), and the placement of a pukao on top of a moai raised the height of the statues to an average of 11 m (37 ft). [6] The pukao was balanced as a separate piece on top of the head of a moai. They are believed to have been raised using ramps, possibly requiring only several people.
Hoa Hakananai'a is a moai, a statue from Easter Island. It was taken from Orongo , Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in 1868 by the crew of a British ship and is now in the British Museum in London. It has been described as a "masterpiece" [ 1 ] and among the finest examples of Easter Island sculpture. [ 2 ]
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The languages are Tonsawang, Tontemboan, Tondano, Tombulu and Tonsea. [5]The Minahasan languages are classified as a branch of the Philippine subgroup. [6]The Bantik, Ratahan, and Ponosakan languages, although also spoken in the Minahasa region, are more distantly related, thus not covered by the term in a genealogical sense.