Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History collection record for Moai de piedra con sombrero

Name: Stone Figure

Classification: Figure

Catalogue number: E128368-0

Catalogue number: 019025

Description: Height - Object: 2 m

Description: Width - Object: 1 m

Material: consolidated volcanic ash or volcanic tuff [lapilli tuff]

Found at: Ahu O'Pepe, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile, Polynesia

Description: See also Catalogue No. E128369, which was used as the topknot or pukao for this figure/moai when it was formerly on exhibit in NHB exhibit Hall 8 (even though pukao was probably not actually made for this statue.)

Description: In 2005, this statue or moai was on exhibit in the NMNH Constitution Avenue lobby (but pukao E128369 is no longer included in the exhibit).

Description: In 2018, statue/moai was moved further into the museum on the ground floor not far from the NMNH Constitution Avenue lobby/entrance.

Catalogue number: SI-WDC-001