Pukao
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Pukao are the hat-like structures or topknots formerly placed on top of some moai statues on Easter Island. They were all carved from a very light-red volcanic scoria, which was quarried from a single
Re-erected tuff moai at Ahu Tahai with restored scoria pukao and replica coral eyes.
1775 painting
Rano Raraku
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Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated volcanic ash, or tuff, and located on the lower slopes of Terevaka in the Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island in Chile. It was a quarry for
Outer slopes of Rano Raraku with many moai, some half-buried, some left still "under construction" near the mountain.
Panorama of Rano Raraku's crater lake
Rano Raraku seen from the south
An incomplete moai in quarry