Content deleted Content added
format image caption
No edit summary
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit App section source
Line 4:
[[File:Kii at Puuhonua O Honaunau 01.jpg|thumb|upright|Hawaiian ki{{okina}}i at [[Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park]]]]
[[File:Tiki_Marquesas_Louvre_MH_87-50-1.jpg|thumb|upright|Tiki [[statuette]] from the [[Marquesas]]]]
'''Tiki''' is the name given in the cultures of central Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean to large -sized statues in human form.They are often used to delimit sacred places.The word Tiki is used as such in Maorí in New Zealand, Maorí de Islas Cook, Tuamotuan and Marquesan as ti'i in Tahitian and as Ki'i in Hawaiian. The word is not known in the languages ​​of Western Polynesia or in Rapanui (Easter Island).
 
=Mythology=