Easter Island Head

Product Summary

• Recreation of Moai statues discovered on Easter Island by Captain Cook
• Design theme believed to date back to around 1250 AD
• Blood red finish
• Hand cast in concrete
• Hand finished features
• Traditionally crafted in the UK
• Warning - these statues are very heavy. If purchasing, please be prepared to take delivery of a very heavy item!

Maintenance

Being made from durable natural materials, these Easter Island heads are extremely resilient and can be displayed inside or out. The finish may dull slightly over time, but this will only serve to provide more of an authenic look. No maintenance is required. Frost resistant.

Moai Statues

It is widely believed that the inhabitants of the Polynesian Island of Rapa Nui, (Easter Island), carved 'Moai Statues', or Easter Island Heads, between 1250 and 1500 to commemorate their ancestors.

The first European to lay eyes on one of the imposing figures - described as heads given their disproportionate appearance - was the Dutch explorer Roggeveen in 1722. When Captain Cook landed just over 50 years later, many had been toppled.

The largest Moai statue stands over 10m tall. Their construction and transport is seen as one of the great feats of mankind.

For more information on the history of the Moai statue visit the British Museum.