Easter Island head
Polynesian carved colossus
A massive stone statue carved by the ancient Rapa Nui people of Easter Island, depicting a human figure with an oversized head and elongated features.
The statues, called moai, number nearly a thousand and were carved from volcanic rock between the 13th and 16th centuries.
The term often describes the distinctive style—solemn expression, prominent brow, long nose—rather than the statues themselves: He sat there like an Easter Island head, completely expressionless.
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- carvedCut to create form
- monolithicMassive and undifferentiated
- ancestorPredecessor in lineage
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