Tiki head, approx. 50 cm, basanite

Tiki head made of natural stone (basanite), 50 cm high

• weather-resistant & frost-proof
• hand carved

Stone colossi from Easter Island

The mysterious Moai sculptures have defied rain and wind for centuries, inspiring the imagination of explorers and dreamers.
Some 890 monumental stone sculptures of varying sizes can be found on Easter Island.
The volcano Rano Raraku was their sacred place of creation. There must have been hundreds of master stonemasons at work who created these colossal powerful figures from pure volcanic rock. Artists first carved the shape out of the rock in rough form, to which they then gave their distinctive contours and finally the fine features.
How old the Moai's are can not be determined with certainty. Archaeologists agree that Easter Island was settled around the 4th or 5th century AD and that the natives started to build altars and first statues relatively quickly after that. The moai's with round or angular heads and eye sockets are thought to have been created from about the 12th to 13th century AD, the more modern moai's (mainly at Rano Raraku) from about the 15th/16th century AD.

Our sculptures are not perfect!

They are created by hand from natural material. Handcrafting offers no second attempt; each blow with hammer and chisel, once executed, is irrevocable.

Rock inclusions and/or small chips are testimony to the naturalness of the material and the dedicated craftwork of the artists and are therefore not to be considered a flaw.

Please keep this in mind if you decide to buy a hand-cut sculpture from Indonesia.