Editorial photo #6686920 Human Interest

Rapa Nui Museum In Easter Island

Natural pigments used to color the Moai statues displayed at the Sebastian Englert Anthropological Museum (Rapa Nui Museum) in the small town of Hanga Roa in Easter Island, Chile. The Father Sebastian Englert Anthropological Museum was founded in 1973 and is dedicated to the conservation of the Rapa Nui culture. The museum houses the only female Moai statue, as well as one of the original coral eyes that were placed in the moai. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #6686920
Date taken: 18 March 2010
Location: —
Photographer: Creative Touch Imaging Ltd/NurPhoto
Category: Human Interest

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