CURIOS
TIKI STATUETTE
Maori style , New Zealand, Polynesia
Drink
H.: 24; L.: 6 cm
Stylized anthropomorphic statuette representing a carved wooden tiki resting on a circular quadripod base.
The term "tiki" means "human being", it refers to a representation of the first man or the creator deity of the Marquesas Islands.
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