ok ive seen several different sources about this, but they are for the most part varied.
i was looking for the meaning of the tikis that are carved out of wood or stone, and i got got many different meanings
does anyone know exactly what the tikis are?
couold you post a site where you got the info from?
2007-10-14 16:28:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Art and religion, past and present combine in the Polynesian figure of the tiki. It is a stone or wood carving in simplified human shape, sometimes small enough to be worn as an ornament, sometimes so large as to tower over a human visitor. In the Marquesas, tikis were carved on bowls and dishes, clubs and canoe paddles, as well made into separate statues and amulets. The typical tiki is a powerful figure with hands clasped over its stomach, a large flat nose, round eyes, and an elliptical mouth. Tiki is said to be the ancestor and creator of humans.
English speakers first learned of tikis from accounts of Captain James Cook's eighteenth-century expeditions to the South Pacific, where tikis are mentioned as early as 1777. These carvings often serve to mark the boundaries of sacred or significant sites. The word appears as tiki in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and Marquesan; as ti'i in Tahitian, and as ki'i in Hawaiian. The word has not been recorded from the languages of Western Polynesia or of Rapanui (Easter Island).
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2007-10-15 05:06:44 · answer #1 · answered by gatita 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whose the strange broad above me. Is she nuts or what?
2007-10-15 05:05:58 · answer #2 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boy are you searching. STOP!
Look to Jesus! You have no need to look further. I promise you!
2007-10-14 16:50:19 · answer #3 · answered by K in Him 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋