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, please consider to follow me on Twitter at @GeoffreyMarchal.
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Marchal, G. (2018, September 21). Easter Island Moai (replica). World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image3d/235/easter-island-moai-replica/
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