Ceramic Tiki by Bob Steiner (soda yellow) fantail new zealand with the last accepted twentieth

with the last accepted twentieth century sighting at Mt Aspiring National Park in 1967

Special wahaika would only be given to people with considerable ranking in the Maori tribal structure

and cooking in Māori mythology

cats eye shell

Ceramic Tiki by Bob Steiner (soda yellow) fantail new zealand with the last accepted twentiethCeramic New Zealand Tiki By renowned NZ ceramic artist Bob Steiner Width: 11cm Height: 23cm Depth: 3cm Freestanding Soda yellow About the Tiki: To Maori the Hei Tiki was a revered taonga, but the origins of the Tiki are obscure. To some the Hei Tiki is the first man created by Tane. Tiki is said to have held a wealth of knowledge and a great teacher of all things and the wearer would possess similar qualities. In some areas the Hei Tiki would be