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:''This article is about the large Polynesian carvings in humanoid form. For other uses see [[Tiki (disambiguation)]].''
[[Image:Tiki1905.jpg|thumb|A Māori man retouches the painted tattoo on a carved wooden tiki at Whakarewarewa Model Village, New Zealand, 1905.]]
In [[Central Eastern Polynesian languages|Central Eastern Polynesian]] cultures of the [[Pacific Ocean]], '''tiki''' is a name given to large carvings of humanoid form. These carvings often serve to mark the boundaries of sacred or significant sites. The word appears as ''tiki'' in [[Māori language|New Zealand Māori]], [[Cook Islands Māori]], [[Tuamotuan language|Tuamotuan]], and [[Marquesan language|Marquesan]]; as ''ti'i'' in [[Tahitian language|Tahitian]], and as ''ki'i'' in [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]]. The word has not been recorded from the languages of Western Polynesia or of [[Rapanui language|Rapanui (Easter Island)]].
==See also==
*[[Hei-tiki]], Māori neck pendants, sometimes erroneously called tiki
*[[Tiki (mythology)]], the first man in [[Māori]] mythology
*[[Moai]], a monolithic human figure on [[Easter Island]], erroneously called tiki
*[[Tiki culture]]
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