ocr: Moai, Easter Island About the Moai These stone figures, called IIKNI, were carved by: natives of. Easter Island hundreds of years ago from the rock of extinct island volcanoes. Red rocks were used for the figures' eyes. Perhaps the moai were tashioned to honor ancient ancestors or famous chiefs. In any case, each 90-ton 82-metric ton) figure was transported from a volcanic rock MOAI quarry to the shoreline, a distance ofalmost four miles (6 km), without the use of trucks or cranes. Many moai were toppled from their platforms during a bloody warabout 1680.
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