In museums, like British Museum in London, Louvre in Paris, Pergamonmuseum in Berlin, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Egyptian Museum in Cairo, National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Capitoline Museums in Rome and many many others, as well as in private collection around the World.
Easter Island is known for some of their ancient statues of human heads.
Statues in France do not generally hold their heads.
You might be referring to Easter Island, a remote island in the Pacific Ocean. It is famous for its Moai statues, which are giant stone figures of human heads with elongated ears. These statues are believed to have been created by the Rapa Nui people between 1400 and 1650 AD.
Easter Island is home to around 900 monumental statues, known as Moai, with many of them featuring heads. It is estimated that there are approximately 887 statues on the island, with most of them having heads.
The heads of the moai statues on Easter Island are disproportionately large because they represent the importance of the human spirit and the ancestors in Rapa Nui culture. The statues are designed to emphasize the facial features and the top of the head, which symbolizes the spiritual aspect of the individuals they represent. Additionally, the large heads reflect the belief that the spiritual power of the ancestors could be harnessed and would protect the community. This design choice highlights the cultural significance of lineage and the reverence for ancestors in Polynesian societies.
monuments of large heads
There are 887 giant stone statues on Easter Island called moai, and most of them have heads.
figure heads
A human typically has two shoulder heads.
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The giant stone heads on Easter Island are called moai. These statues were carved by the Rapa Nui people between 1400 and 1650 AD and are believed to represent ancestral chiefs. Some of the moai statues weigh as much as 80 tons and are known for their distinct large heads and elongated bodies.
Religious statues? you mean like idols and what not. No they do not use figure heads and things like that. They believe that God (Jehovah) is the only one they are supposed to be worshipping.