EditorialEaster Island: the famous " moai" -statues were all quarried from the tuff of the crater walls of Rano Raraku volcano. Each statue had its front and sides finished before being detached from the bedrock. Unfinished " moai" lie on th...
EditorialMonuments on Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Artist Gaspard Duche de Vancy sketching a Moai while a native steals his hat. From Jean Francois Laperouse's Voyage. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno?s Col...
EditorialFILE -- Tourists photograph the unfinished moai statues at Rano Raraku, the vast quarry on Easter Island, on Dec. 16, 2017. (Josh Haner/The New York Times)
EditorialFemale statue (moai kavakava) from Easter Island. Wood, bone, obsidian, H; 34 cm The carver followed the bend of the branch used for the statue. Depot du Musee national de la Marine, Inv.39EX281.
EditorialCaptain James Cook and natives examining the Moai statues on Easter Island or Rapa Nui. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialMonuments on Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Artist Gaspard Duche de Vancy sketching a Moai while a native steals his hat. From Jean Francois Laperouse's Voyage. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno?s Col...
EditorialCaptain James Cook and natives examining the Moai statues on Easter Island or Rapa Nui. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialMonuments on Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Artist Gaspard Duche de Vancy sketching a Moai while a native steals his hat. From Jean Francois Laperouse's Voyage. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno?s Col...
EditorialFemale statue (moai kavakava) from Easter Island. Wood, bone, obsidian, H; 34 cm The carver followed the bend of the branch used for the statue. Depot du Musee national de la Marine, Inv.39EX281.
EditorialEaster Island: the famous " moai" -statues were all quarried from the tuff of the crater walls of Rano Raraku volcano. Each statue had its front and sides finished before being detached from the bedrock. An unfinished " moai" lies o...