in addition to the large sculptures that were placed on their community meeting place the maori and some other polynesian cultures also created similar human sculptures what was the name of these similar humans covers that were often made of nephrite bone or ivory?
It is Moai, Moai meaning "statue" in Rapa Nui are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500
