# Hoa Hakananai'a

> The British Museum's collection database carries images of this basalt moai under its own terms; Commons photos are in media.yaml.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/artifacts/ART0CTG3BJM5PBF/hoa-hakananaia  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0CTG3BJM5PBF·Artifact · object

# Hoa Hakananai'a

PhotographCC BY-SA 4.0About AD 1200–1600

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[![Hoa Hakananai'a: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/easter-island-moai-a-hoa-hakananaia-m1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/easter-island-moai-a-hoa-hakananaia-m1?w=2000)

Hoa Hakananai'a: photograph

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The British Museum's collection database carries images of this basalt moai under its own terms; Commons photos are in media.yaml.

James Miles, 1200. CC BY-SA 4.0

## Copies 4

**Photo** British Museum · britishmuseum.org · British Museum terms (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 for its images)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1869-1005-1)

**Photograph** James Miles · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Angled_View_of_the_Hoa_Hakananai%27a_Statue.JPG)

**Photograph** Sanjay ach · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Back_side_of_Hoa_Hakananai%27a_stone_moai.jpg)

**Photograph** James Miles · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoa_Hakananai%27a.jpg)

## Where it is kept

[Orongo](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTG2XNA5E00/orongo) · Ceremonial village on the rim of Rano Kau

## Sources 1

- [Megalithic statue (moai) production on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTG2R9E0PWR/megalithic-statue-moai-production-on-rapa-nui-easter-island)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Hoa Hakananai'a [Artifact ART0CTG3BJM5PBF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CTG3BJM5PBF
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Key

**ART** 0CTG3BJM5PBF

Kind

Object

Held by

British Museum, London (Oc1869,1005.1; removed from Orongo in 1868; repatriation requested by Rapa Nui)

Dated

about AD 1200–1600

Licence

CC BY-SA 4.0

Place

[Orongo](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTG2XNA5E00/orongo)

Part of

[Easter Island moai](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai)

The record

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