"The moai are concentrated on Easter Island's southeast coast and are believed to have been carved, transported, and erected between AD 1400 and 1600. They stand with their backs to the sea and are believed to represent the spirits of ancestors, chiefs, or other high-ranking males who held important positions in the history of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui (the name given by the indigenous people to their island in the 1860s)."

Moais No: 400,401 Stone: Soapstone

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