Tiki statue, Museum of Tahiti and the Islands

Tiki statue in red volcanic rock, 120cm tall, from the Marae Pouau, Atuona on Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, gifted to the museum in 1935, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Tikis are protective statues representing Ti'i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Ancestor Archipel Atuona Collectivite Collectivity Doutre-mer Fare Francaise Guardian Hiva Iles Manaha Marae Marquesas Oceania Polynesia Polynesian Polynesie Punaauia Republique Societe Tahiti Tahitian Tiki Totaiete Vent Volcanic Windward

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