| Moai.
This feature is a moai of Rano Raraku stone fallen face down at an
orientation of 320 degrees (i.e., the long axis of the moai). It is not associated with an ahu, and thus appears to
be a statue abandoned while in transit from the distant quarry of Rano
Raraku. The moai is 6.55m
long. Its base width is
2.24m; base depth 1.39 m; left ear length 1.46m, lobe 97cm; right ear
length 1.44m, lobe 1.03m; right arm length 2.56 m (incomplete); left arm
length 3.05m (less eroded); right eye width 50cm. left eye width 49cm;
width at eyes 1.44 m; shoulder width 2.44m; face length 1.5m. Due to the
position of moai we cannot
measure width of head at mouth, width of nose.
There are five possible curbstones (of a moai transport road
segment?) 5m away from the moai at 167 degrees (from the left edge of base of the moai). Earth
has been removed from beneath the moai,
and this excavation and a stone structure form a small shelter. On the
south side of the moai, there is
a rough half circle extending from the length of the moai about 5m, including two pieces of red scoria, 12
paenga, many poro, and vesicular basalt. The shelter beneath the moai
is 3.4m from the moai's chin
(lengthwise) by1.85m wide and 82cm high. There is a north wall on the
shelter under the moai that is
lined with eight rectangular stones; one has visible postholes. There are
obsidian flakes, bone fragments, and many small pebbles within the
shelter. |
