Chile museum to return Easter Island 'head'

A traditional ceremony was held at the National Museum of Natural History in Santiago to send the statue safely on its long way back home

The Moai Tau will be returned to Easter Island a century-and-a-half after it was taken from there by the Chilean navy

Chile's National Museum of Natural History said Monday it will return to Easter Island an enormous stone statue taken from the Rapa Nui people and brought to the mainland 150 years ago.

Eight years later, it was moved to the natural history museum to be displayed.