Definition of Pukao. Meaning of Pukao. Synonyms of Pukao

- 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...
- had pukao on their heads, which represent the topknot of the chieftains. According to local tradition, the mana was preserved in the hair. The pukao were...
- The Pukao Seamount is a submarine volcano, the most westerly in the Easter Seamount Chain or Sala y Gómez ridge. To the east are Moai (seamount) and then...
- the quarry of Puna Pau was the source of reddish scoria used to carve the pukao (topknots) for the famous moai statues, and even for the main bodies of...
- dozens of seamounts, formed by the Easter hotspot. The range begins with Pukao and next Moai, two seamounts to the west of Easter Island, and extends 2...
- irrelevant because the pukao are all made of native volcanic scoria. Easter Island was first settled around 300 CE and the pukao on the moai are regarded...
- Ahu Tongariki. The second moai from the right has a pukao on its head....
- source of the red scoria that the prehistoric Rapanui used to carve the pukao (topknots) that they put on the heads of some of their iconic moai statues...
- distinctive in that their eyes were not hollowed out, they do not have pukao and they were not cast down in the island's civil wars. For this last reason...
- city's favourite snack. Several Hanga Roa moai, including Ko Te Riku (with a pukao on its head). In the mid-ground is a side view of an ahu with five moai...