Rapa Nui, part the next: A quarry for hats
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urbpanNext we visited Puna Pau, a one hundred foot hill of red volcanic rock, that was used as a quarry for the giant topknots or hats, called pukao, that many of the moai wore.
Some fully carved pukao are still on-site, never moved to the moai they were meant to top. From up here we could see the ocean, some crop fields, and eucalyptus trees. Another direction gave us a view of the village, Hanga Roa.
Some of the pukao were quite large.
Quite large. These are just the statues' hats.
A close look at one revealed a small creature using one as shelter.
I liked imagining the pukao being moved. They'd want to roll them, but in a controlled way...
On to the next site.
Next: What I saw, and had to photograph, before we left.
Some fully carved pukao are still on-site, never moved to the moai they were meant to top. From up here we could see the ocean, some crop fields, and eucalyptus trees. Another direction gave us a view of the village, Hanga Roa.
Some of the pukao were quite large.
Quite large. These are just the statues' hats.
A close look at one revealed a small creature using one as shelter.
I liked imagining the pukao being moved. They'd want to roll them, but in a controlled way...
On to the next site.
Next: What I saw, and had to photograph, before we left.
