| This exhibition explores why the statues – or moai – have intrigued the West, drawing together cartoons, books, adverts, toys and board games inspired by the mysterious stone figures. |
| Similar suggestions have been made in the past, but experiments indicated that the moai would have been worn away by the time they got to the coast. |
| One full-moon night, a friend and I dragged our hotel bedding to the great stone heads, the moai, some 24 feet tall. |
| The sole desire seems to have been to obtain strong platforms capable of supporting ever taller and heavier busts, the classical moai of the middle period. |
| Many artists have created pieces that will serve as mementos of Rapa Nui for years to come, with carved wooden reproductions inspired by moai by Douglas Purdy and pottery ones by Monica Vulcanescu. |
| I had the opportunity of working with this company when moai statues on Easter Island were being restored and I know that its cranes are extremely useful. |
