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Musée du quai Branly under construction, May 2000 A Moai ancestor's head from Easter Island (11th–15th century), carried to France in 1872 by the French Rear-Admiral Lapelin, now in the entrance hall of the museum Schoolchildren visiting the Americas gallery, seen from the mezzanine
The moai were toppled in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, possibly as a result of European contact or internecine tribal wars. [5] The production and transportation of the more than 900 statues [6] [7] is considered a remarkable creative and physical feat. [8]
Moai replicas are displayed, among others, outside the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in New Zealand; [21] and at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. [22] A group of seven replica moai arranged in an Ahu exist in the city of Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture on the Japanese island ...
The Parthenon Sculptures, Rosetta Stone and Benin Bronzes are just some of the ‘contested objects’ in Bloomsbury institution’s collection, Joe Sommerlad reports
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.
A non-binding referendum on loaning a moai to France was held in Easter Island on 1 March 2010. [1] Voters were asked whether they agreed with the Mare Nostrum Foundation displaying a moai in Paris, [1] which had first been proposed in 2008. [2] The loan was rejected by 89% of voters. [3]
The site is located inland, rather than along the coast. Moai statues were considered by the early people of Rapa Nui as their ancestors or Tupuna that were believed to be the reincarnation of important kings or leaders of their clans. The Moais were erected to protect and bring prosperity to their clan and village. [1]
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.