Ana Kai Tangata

[3][4] Although it opens out to the ocean, the cave is above the high tide line allowing for accessibility.

[4] The cave paintings are in red, white, and black and are mostly of the Manutara or the sooty tern.

[3] There are also images of boats, both Polynesian canoes and European ships which may have been considered by the natives to be messengers from another world.

[3][4] The pigments were created by vegetables and minerals from the Ahu Vinapu area mixed with shark oil.

[3][4] A taheta can be found in the cave, which is a basin that was dug into a rock that may have been used to create the colors.