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The hei-tiki (Māori pronunciation: [hɛi ˈtiki], New Zealand English: / h eɪ ˈ t ɪ k i / [1]) is an ornamental pendant of the Māori of New Zealand. Hei-tiki are usually made of pounamu ( greenstone ), and are considered a taonga (treasure) by Māori.
The hei-tiki / h aɪ ˈ t iː k iː / is an ornamental neck pendant of the Māori. Hei-tiki are usually made of greenstone and worn around the neck. They are often referred to as tiki , a term that actually refers to large human figures carved in wood, and, also, the small wooden carvings used to mark sacred places.
Tiki marries her and their daughter is Hine-kau-ataata. [1]: 151–152 [b] In some traditions, Tiki is the penis of Tāne. [2] [3]: 510–511 In fact, Tiki is strongly associated with the origin of the reproductive act. [c] In one story of Tiki among the many variants, Tiki was lonely and craved company.
The hei-tiki was often appropriated by Europeans as a commercialised good luck charm, hence the name of Tiki culture. [1] Despite spanning over 10,000 miles and including many different unrelated cultures, religions, and languages, Tiki aesthetic is considered by some to be amalgamated into one "fantasia of trans- Pacific cultures" and ...
The first features a geyser flanked by two small hei-tiki, Māori greenstone pendants; his alternate design includes the head of a traditional taiaha staff. [13] Metcalfe likewise submitted two halfpenny designs, both variations on the Southern Cross , with one featuring the Golden Fleece of the New Zealand coat of arms suspended from the top star.
Among them was a settler named William Tucker, who had built a house at Whareakeake two years previously, where he ran an export business in ornamental hei-tiki (pounamu neck pendants). At first they were welcomed, but when Tucker went into his house, the locals attacked Kelly, at the instigation of the chief Te Matahaere.
English: Amulet (hei tiki), Maori people, New Zealand, 17th - 18th century or earlier, carved greenstone, ... Hei tiki; Usage on sl.wikipedia.org Pounamu
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