Rano Raraku was a quarry for about 500 years until the early eighteenth century, and supplied the stone from which about 95% of the island's known monolithic sculptures (moai) were carved, Easter Island. www.muttiah.com
Easter Island. www.muttiah.com
Moai are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia, between 1250 and 1500 A.D. 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. www.muttiah.com
