RR-03C-003
Location: Rano Raraku Quarry 2
Right side view of Moai 3.
© 2002 EISP/JVT/Photo: A. Hom
Cross Reference IDs
Mana Expedition: 116/3
Metrics
Overall length: 520 cm
Right side view of Moai 3.
© 2002 EISP/JVT/Photo: A. Hom
Statue Descriptions
Object Definition: moai
Position: Supine (face up)
Material: Rano Raraku tuff
Body Shape: Vertically Rectangular
Head Shape: Vertically Rectangular
Forehead Shape: Level or Flat
Profile of Nose: Concave
Base Shape: Somewhat Rectangular
Base Angle: Plane
Tilt: +65
Head Orientation: South
Type: Rectangular
Statue Embellishments/Reuse: unfinished carving
Head of Moai 3 from left side.
© 2002 EISP/JVT/Photo: A. Hom
Field Notes
July 2002: J. Van Tilburg
Moai still fully attached to the quarry. Lots of short pick marks visible about 10-30 cm long and narrow, about 2-3 cm wide and 2 cm deep. Undercut edge of the statue is to the east. This moai and its companion seem to have been cut out of the papa from which C-2 was taken. Undercutting is most complete from head to shoulders. Ears are both partially roughed out. Very badly eroded over the entire surface of the statue. The base nearly meets the base of C-2 below it. Hands, arms barely visible. Canal between base and C-2 is 16 cm wide. Canal between this and companion moai is 65 cm wide. Distance between top of head and quarry is 31 cm. Facial measurements were not taken due to erosion or because the features were not fully detailed or not finished.
1913-1914: K. Routledge, transcribed by J. Van Tilburg
This is statue 116 on the diagrammatic sketch (Routledge 1919:175) and statue 3 in Routlege’s (RGS/WKR) quarry notes, which are as follows:
“3. 15' 1" - crown not hewn base partly hewn Base of head entirely undercut. - body undercutting commenced at sides”
Her table shows that this statue is not undercut at the crown, only partially undercut at the base. She says it is partially also “at head” and that the “entire body [is] partial.”
[Reference: RGS/WKR 1913-1914]
Condition Report
July 2003, J. Van Tilburg
This statue is overall eroded and pulverized on the exposed upper surface. The color varies considerably depending upon the level of water retention present, which is occasionally quite significant. We have assessed this statue three separate times and under differing conditions (rain and dry). The stone surface is extremely friable. Tourists have been seen to walk on the statue.
General Condition: Poor
Context: Direct Exposure: Earth, sand, or soil; Tourist traffic
Stone Structural Problems: Ridged indentations of erosion, Surface pulverization, Decomposing.
Stone Surface Condition: Eroded
Stone Biological Problems: Rainwater retention, lichens.
Color of stone: Brown-black, grey.
Composition of Tuff: Conglomerate inclusions.
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