The famous statues of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, are best known ... matched cultural traditions about hats The prehistoric Rapanui people made nearly 1,000 giant stone statues and carvings ...

At 2,500 miles off the coast of Chile, the island is one of the world's most remote places inhabited by people. Up to 1,000 years ago, the islanders started putting giant red hats on the statues.