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The statues were built and installed in 1996 for the opening of the seaside park Sun Messe Nichinan, of which the statues are the park's centrepiece. [ 23 ] In 2000, the Embassy of Chile in the United States presented a moai replica, with a pair of reconstructed eyes, to the American University .
All but 53 of the more than 900 moai known to date were carved from tuff (a compressed volcanic ash) from Rano Raraku, where 394 moai in varying states of completion are still visible today. There are also 13 moai carved from basalt , 22 from trachyte and 17 from fragile red scoria . [ 17 ]
The moai with headgear at Ahu Tahai, restored with coral eyes by the American archaeologist William Mullo. The moai in the park are of varying height from 2 to 20 metres (6 to 65 ft). The volcanic rock formations quarried for sculpting are a distinctive yellow-brown volcanic tuff found only at the Ranu Raraku on the southeast side of the island.
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The main building, an immense A-frame building, had a large roof resembling a ship or war canoe, gently sloping on either side. The roof tiles were arranged in a pattern of red, white, and black tiles. The roofline was decorated with abstract fish designs and a pelican.
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