aug 7, 1400 - Moai on Platform
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1100-1600 CE
Volcanic tuff figures on basalt platform
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Their Backs Turned to the Sea
Before being moved into a stone ritual center at the heart of Orongo, these statues face with their backs to the sea
“watching over the island”
repersented ancestors
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