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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...
- 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...
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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...
- 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...
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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...
- 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...
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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...
- ahu, and Ahu Vinapu. Some moai have hats of red
volcanic stone known as
Pukao. Currently, the Rapa Nui and the
Chilean government are
focused on preserving...
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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...
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jewellery can be
found on the
giant moai they left behind, some of
which wear
pukao headdresses. It is
thought that the moai with
these adornments depicted...
