Statues on Easter Island 12th century et sculp AD 1756

et sculp AD 1756

Belgrave Square

Colonel Watson Pasha and the Hon Lady Alexander

'Pinin' Farina founded Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in 1930

later becoming a boxing arena before being destroyed in the Blitz

Statues on Easter Island 12th century et sculp AD 1756Statues on Easter Island, late 18th century. Known as Moai, these large stone statues in human form are carved from a type of volcanic rock known as tuff. The statues were carved at a quarry on the island between c1000 and 1600 and transported some distance to the sites where they were to stand. The cult of carving Moai seems to have been abandoned quite abruptly as many of the figures, both finished and unfinished, remain in the quarry. The