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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