Moai - Wikipedia
Easter Island statues are known for their large, broad noses and big chins, along with rectangle-shaped ears and deep eye slits. Their bodies are normally squatting, with their arms resting in different positions and are without legs. The majority of the ahu are found along the coast and face inland towards the community.
复活节岛石像 - 百度百科
复活节岛 里最具神秘色彩的是岛上的 摩艾石像。 全岛发现1000多尊巨大的半身人面石像，其中600尊整齐地排列在海边的石岛上。 石像大小不等，高6-23米，重约30-90吨，它们形象奇特，神情严肃，背对大海，似乎若有所思。 [1] 这些巨大的 石雕像 大多在海边，有的竖立在草丛中，有的倒在地面上，有的竖在祭坛上。 石像一般7 -10 米高，重约90吨。 它们的头较长，眼窝深，鼻子高，下巴突出，耳朵较长。 它们没有脚，双臂垂在身躯两旁，双手放在肚皮上。 这些石像是用 …
Moai - British Museum
The Museum cares for two large stone moai from Rapa Nui (Easter Island): Hoa Hakananai'a and Moai Hava. Moai are megalithic statues often placed upon ahu (ceremonial platforms). They are said to be the aringa ora, the living faces of the ancestors.
Hoa Hakananai'a - Wikipedia
Typical of Easter Island moai, Hoa Hakananai'a features a heavy brow, blocky face with prominent nose and jutting chin, nipples, thin, lightly angled arms down the sides and hands reaching towards the stomach, which is near the base.
12 Cool Facts About Easter Island’s Moai Statues
2017年8月16日 · Moai Fact: There are approximately 887 known Moai statues scattered across Easter Island. They vary in size and state of completion, with many still found at the Rano Raraku quarry. They have different eyes, different hats, and were carved at …
Hoa Hakananai'a - Atlas Obscura
2018年12月3日 · Sculpted in basalt, the statue is a typical Easter Island stone moai, carved with a prominent nose, brow and chin, nipples, and long ears, with its hands touching its protruding stomach.
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Moai - Smarthistory
Easter Island is famous for its stone statues of human figures, known as moai (meaning “statue”). The island is known to its inhabitants as Rapa Nui. The moai were probably carved to commemorate important ancestors and were made from around 1000 C.E. until the second half of the seventeenth century.
Easter Island Statues – The Purpose Behind the Moai Statues
2023年1月13日 · The Easter Island head statues of Rapa Nui are known as the Moai statues and they were sculpted sometime between the years 1250 and 1500. While half of them were carried and positioned along the perimeter of the island, the other half is still located in the quarry in which they were made, known as Rano Raraku.
Moai on Easter Island - World History Commons
3 天之前 · The Moai are large statues on Easter Island in Oceania, known for their distinctive head and facial features. The moai were created by the Rapa Nui people likely between 1250 and 1600 CE. The moai have distinctively large heads and disproportionately small bodies and are often called the “Easter Island Heads,” despite most having bodies.
The Moai of Easter Island - Blogger
2012年12月12日 · The moai currently displayed in the NMNH (on the left in the above photo) is fully intact, and if you look closely you can see the detail of the hands and fingers laid across the stomach. The moai in the two other photos, taken on Easter Island, are …