The Ahu Vai Uri

The Ahu Vai Uri, whose name could be translated as dark water or green water, is the platform with the largest number of erected statues. Its construction dates...
Read more

The Ahu Vai Uri, whose name could be translated as dark water or green water, is the platform with the largest number of erected statues. Its construction dates from 1200 AD. and its five restored Moai are a sample of the different styles of how they were carved.
The first one on the right is currently a piece of rock that is barely recognizable. However, the one that follows, much better preserved as such as the first on the left, has a lower and more robust body than the rest and shows a grim expression.
On the pedestal located further to the left a statue is missed. The Moai that should occupy it now lies a few meters further south near Mulloy’s tomb, knocked face down on the ground and next to a worn stone head.
Read less