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Moai Kavakava, Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Wood, bone, and obsidian. 42.5 cm high. Collected in the 18th century CE. (Vatican Musems, Rome)

This Moai comes originally from Easter Island and dates from c. 13th-14th century CE. (Musée du Cinquantenaire, Brussels)

Moai tangata, Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Wood, bone, and obsidian. Collected in 1892 CE. Height: 46 cm. (Vatican Museums, Rome)

Moai, or mo‘ai, are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500 CE. Musée du cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with CapturingReality. For more updates...

Ahu Tongariki on Easter Island. These moai were restored in the 1990s CE by a Japanese research team after a cyclone knocked them over in the 1960s CE.

Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon. A society of Polynesian origin that settled there c. A.D. 300 established a powerful, imaginative and original tradition of monumental sculpture...