the eastern island statues were cast not carved.

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[–]iraelmossadreddit[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

i think those laying on the ground might be imiations that they tried to make. they saw all these 100s of statues and wanted to imitate it.. like when you see a drawing when you are little and try to copy it lol...do people still do that with the internet?

"According to the tradition, Tai Hare Atua is the work of Miru A’Hotu and Tangi Teako A’Hotu, who carved this first moai when they started working in the quarries, but when they saw the poor result they left it lying."

[–]wendolynne 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I hadn't considered that possibility. Thanks