Post #171886 by tikitony on Wed, Jul 13, 2005 11:11 PM

Yes, I like your hei tiki from New Zealand, the first one on your photo album. I also read somewhere a while back, that stone tikis from the Marquesas (Fatu Hiva, Nuku Hiva, etc) Islands were made from stone, used as weights for their fishing nets. If the net brought a lot of food, the tiki weight was taken off each night and worn for safety/ good luck. I like to think of my necklaces like they've served some purpose decades ago, and now we get to wear them... by the way, I carve my necklaces from drift wood that could be very old, or 6 months old? http://www.tikitony.com