Hoa Hakananai'a: The Stolen Basalt Moai of Rapa Nui's Birdman Cult
Quarried from dense basalt on Rapa Nui and removed in 1868, the moai Hoa Hakananai'a preserves the rare transition from ancestor worship to the birdman cult.
Rapa Nui
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