The Easter Island head statues (moai) are carved from volcanic rock from Rano Raraku. These rocks include trachyte, red scoria, and basalt (all of these are igneous rocks because they came from a volcano). The eyes are made of black and white obsidian rocks.
The Easter Islanders created the statues hundreds of years ago, though no one today really knows why. Perhaps the statues were a religious symbol or maybe creating large statues became a game of friendly competition between tribes.
The Easter Island statues are statues of the Gods of the natives who lived there.
There are 887
Exactly 887
Moai
about 800 large statues
There are 887 statues
There are 887
moai statues
Easter Island.
Easter island.
to protect the island
Moai, or mo'ai are the name of the Easter Island statues. The statues were carved by the Polynesian colonizers of the island, mostly between circa 1250 AD and 1500 Ad.
The statues are very important because many people believe that they are good omens.
There are one hundred twenty nine moai on Easter Island.
Easter Island
No. The Incan empire was in Chile and Argentina; not Easter Island