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Description

An unfinished statue left in place in the quarry.

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

Location

Current Location
Rana Rarako 

Evidence for working practices

1. Toolmarks

Process
Roughing-out
Tool
Pick
Description
The statue was roughed out on the top face of the quarry using some form of stone pick or axe.

Notes

There are around 400 unfinished statues in the quarries of Easter Island. This statue is from the Inner quarry.

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