Actually, the color red was kind of a big deal.
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It’s considered a sacred color in Polynesia. Archaeologists discovered red pigment at several burial sites surrounding the statues, which means that one: some of those statues were painted (obviously). And two: a family’s statue more than likely doubled as a marker for its dead.