Easter Island heads have bodies?

[abu iskander]

Apologies if I'm the only one who didn't know already.   Thought this might interest people from a Pulp scenics point of view:



http://now.msn.com/now/0516-easter-island-statues.aspx

[Hildred Castaigne]

For some reason I find that a bit unnerving... 

[OSHIROmodels]

It does look a bit photoshopped but if it's real 

cheers

James

[YIU]

Now the question is : male or female ?   

[watchtower78]

Either way YIU it's totally stoned

[oxiana]

Just you wait to see what they're actually standing on... 

[Calimero]

Just you wait to see what they're actually standing on... 

[Rabbitz]

I thought they are all riding horses   

[Grimmnar]

I thought they are all riding horses   

It ain't horses they are riding. 

Grimm

[carlos marighela]

Of course they have bodies. It's just that being Chileno, they're very small.

All joking aside, I'm not sure why this is news. There are quite a number examples of Moai with bodies evident above ground. A thirty second google search for Moai will demonstrate that. There's even an example in the British Museum.

That photo does look a bit dodgy though.

[Colonel Tubby]

I think the picture is genuine, at least the discover apears to be according a quick search of this new fangled interweb!

I think the pervious above ground part is just more weathered making it look like a bit of editing is going on.

However it does appear that this should be no surprise as other South Sea statues that are similar have bodies - I guess nobody thought to look before! 

[Steve F]

Well, of course they have bodies.  Didn't you pay attention to Jack Kirby? 



(Cover scan from kirbymuseum.org)

[Stu]

Now the question is : male or female ?   

I have been to Easter Island, they are male, very much so

[Eisenfaust]

The same is true for Mount Rushmore in the U.S.

[No Such Agency]

It ain't horses they are riding. 

Grimm

They're riding Shoggoths.

/Oops, wrong forum.