# Pukao at Puna Pau and on the ahu

> Pukao at Puna Pau and on the ahu

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/artifacts/ART0CTG3CA20A4W/pukao-at-puna-pau-and-on-the-ahu  
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**ART** 0CTG3CA20A4W·Artifact · object

# Pukao at Puna Pau and on the ahu

PhotographCC BY-SA 2.0AD 1200s to 1600s

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[![Pukao at Puna Pau and on the ahu: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/easter-island-moai-a-pukao-m1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/easter-island-moai-a-pukao-m1?w=2000)

Pukao at Puna Pau and on the ahu: photograph

[![Pukao at Puna Pau and on the ahu: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/easter-island-moai-a-pukao-m1)][![Pukao at Puna Pau and on the ahu: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/easter-island-moai-a-pukao-m2)][![Pukao at Puna Pau and on the ahu: photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/easter-island-moai-a-pukao-m3)]

Dennis G. Jarvis. CC BY-SA 2.0

## Copies 4

**Document** Hixon, Lipo, McMorran and Hunt · doi.org · 2018 · publisherPrimary source: [The colossal hats (pukao) of monumental statues on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile): Analyses of pukao variability, transport, and emplacement](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTG2RS267H0/the-colossal-hats-pukao-of-monumental-statues-on-rapa-nui)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2018.04.011)

**Photograph** Dennis G. Jarvis · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chile-02865_-_Ahu_Ko_Te_Riku_(49072752381).jpg)

**Photograph** Dennis G. Jarvis · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chile-03483_-_Ahu_Ko_Te_Riku_(49072571698).jpg)

**Photograph** Dennis G. Jarvis · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chile-02870_-_Ahu_Ko_Te_Riku_(49072960482).jpg)

## Where it was made

[Puna Pau](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTG2WP228E0/puna-pau) · Scoria quarry

## Sources 1

- [The colossal hats (pukao) of monumental statues on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile): Analyses of pukao variability, transport, and emplacement](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTG2RS267H0/the-colossal-hats-pukao-of-monumental-statues-on-rapa-nui)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Pukao at Puna Pau and on the ahu [Artifact ART0CTG3CA20A4W]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CTG3CA20A4W
```

Key

**ART** 0CTG3CA20A4W

Kind

Object

Held by

In situ

Dated

AD 1200s to 1600s

Licence

CC BY-SA 2.0

Place

[Puna Pau](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTG2WP228E0/puna-pau)

Part of

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

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