Tiki 4828168 223065235 2008-07-02T12:11:33Z Infrogmation 4444 /* See also */ Keep titles of disambiguated targets apparent :''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]] {{wiktionarypar|tiki}} [[de:Tiki (Schnitzkunst)]] [[es:Hei tiki]] [[fr:Tiki]] {{sculpture-stub}}