Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1910 — Carvings on Easter Island. [ARTICLE]

Carvings on Easter Island.

The bard volcanic rock of Easter island is covered with carvings intended to represent human faces, birds, fishes and mythical animals. Fishes and turtles appear common among these sculptures, but the most common figure is a mythical animal, half human in form, with bowed back: and long, clawlike legs and arms. According to the natives, this symbol was intended to represent the god MekeMeke, the great spirit of the sea.