tirsdag 6. januar 2009

Big Headed?

I guess you've heard about the Easter Island and it's stone heads right? Well it happens to be our item of the day.

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The exact use of these heads is as un-clear as how the inhabitants came up with the idea. Carving giant figures out of the lava-rocks and move them miles away to this open location? And the cubism-like design seems highly contemporary, yet the sculptures are thousands of years old. Thor Heyerdal managed to figure out how they were moved, but not why. And who did these figures represent? Great cheifs, gods, demons, defeated villains, martyrs?

Regardless, they make one huge collection of weird items!

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