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What was the purpose of Hoa Hakananai'a likely to have been? Where would the statue have been placed on Easter Island?

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Hoa Hakananai'a was likely sculptured to show respect to important former chiefs who where reserved as divine. The location would be somewhere open and easily seen on Easter Island

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