Part 2 of 4 4. Carving the statues In Easter Island ... the shadows of the departed builders still possess the land ... [T]he whole air vibrates with a vast purpose and energy which has been and is no more. What was it? Why was it? – Katherine Routledge1 Fig. 4.1 Unfinished statue at Rano Raraku. A total of 887 moai have so far been catalogued on Easter Island, including 397 at the quarry – the vo