The Navigators

The European navigators, in their trips to Polynesia took many of these figures with them to the Old World as they were so impressed by the fine quality of this work. Then, many of these carvings finally finished as parts of private collections or permanent museum exhibitions around Europe -like Saint Petersburg Museum in Russia or the British Museum in London-. As a result of this action, it’s impossible to find any original ancient carvings on Easter Island.