Rapa Nui canoe Easter Island Rapa Nui Symbols Charm

Rapa Nui canoe was described by the European colonialists. It was a small canoe made from small pieces of planks curiously and neatly stacked together. Its length could be about ten or twelve feet, its head and stern were raised considerably, but its middle part was very low. It had an outrigger, or balancer, made of three slender poles, and each of the men had a paddle, the blade of which also consisted of several parts. The bow and stern were cut or scribbled with figures.