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Source Image: PR938_01_07 of Easter Island Quarry

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Description

A statue still in place in the quarries.

Monument
Easter Island Quarry 
Monument Type
Quarry 
Material(s)
Tuff (Visual identification)  
Date
circa ad 700 - circa ad 1400 
Keywords
QuarryfaceRoughed-out Object  
Collections
Easter Island  

Location

Current Location
Rana Rarako 

Evidence for working practices

1. Quarry-face

Process
Quarrying
Description
The statue was quarried from the top of the rock down.

Notes

The statue is about 20 metres in height. There are over 400 unfinished statues in the quarries of Easter Island. This statue happens to be from the Outer quarries.

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