Two Unknown Artists: Duk Duk Maters Vs. Stone figures

Art piece ‘Duk Duk Masters’ and ‘Stone Figures’ are the best examples of the cultural art pieces 1,000 years later after the Ice Age. After Ice Age, many islands in Europe, Asia, and Pacific Island have been isolated to the other lands, and these art pieces were discovered later. These two pieces are on different Island well shown up the life and culture of each Island on past time.

Both art pieces ‘Duk Duk Masters’ and ‘Stone Figures’ are made with natural resources from the Island with unknown artists. Also, each art piece represents someone and shown up represent- people’s characteristics by size, shape, and pattern. These art pieces look part of the nature. These art pieces are placed on natural place which has the same color and same materials that art pieces have, so it is hard to recognize it as the art work if you pay no attention. By the material used in art piece, any audience can recognize the characteristic of each Island like we can recognize that Easter Island cover of the rocks and sans to just see the stone figures.

 Each ‘Duk Duk Masters’ is constructing with same natural resources such as leaves, tree trunks, and flowers but each piece have different patterns as shown in right side. One has two circles with the center points, half circle, and a long rounded line which seems smile face; and another one has also half circle but it has two snail shapes which look dizzy face. The whole appearance of these art pieces seems a person; and they represent the male leaders’ spirits who reborn each year from turban (the hat- shaped- stone) and immorality. It means power potentially force for chaos, and authorized- control.

Unlike art piece ‘Duk Duk Masters’, the art pieces ‘Stone Figures’ are simple constructions; they are made by with only four pieces of the rocks. Each piece of the stone figures is about 36 feet height, weighs ten of tons, and set upright on elevated stone platforms. They are mostly placed in volcanic mountain of Easter Island. These stone figures represent leaders or important ancestors, and some islanders built it based on their believe that it is vital to their community and make them as the heroes as their ancestors. 

These natural art pieces with historical believes very amazed me because they interesting theories and imaginaries about the passion of the past life of these islanders. I hope that I have a chance to discover similar art pieces in future.