 Mulloy's work on the Akivi-Vaiteka Complex was supported by the Fulbright Foundation and by grants from the University of Wyoming, the University of Chile and the International Fund for Monuments.Ahu Akivi also gives its name to one of the seven regions of Rapa Nui National Park.The statues on the island invariably faced the village as a protective mana, but in the case of the Ahu Akivi statues they face towards the sea.