I always thought it was a Moai to be honest:

Today’s Emoji

This emoji with the name “Moyai” is often interpreted as a Moai, a monolithic human figure carved out of tuff (a type of rock made of volcanic ash) more than half a millennium ago by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island. But originally, it was supposed to show a similar looking statue called Moyai, located near Shibuya Station in Tokyo:

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#1 Juggling    #2 Chart Increasing With Yen    #3 Moyai    #4 Volcano    #5 Old Key    #6 Fountain Pen    #7 Selfie    #8 Milky Way