Tama - NZ Pounamu/greenstone - Last post for '08! - pg99 - Tiki Carving

T Tipua Member Canberra, Australia Joined: Mar 07, 2007 Posts: 114	T Tipua Posted posted on Thu, Mar 8, 2007 6:07 PM Kia ora, Aroha! I've already posted this question on another thread but I think it may have been the wrong one. I'm new! I have a question posed to whomever may know: I've noticed that the majority of Hei-Tiki are of the big-head, squat-bodied, hands-on-thighs variety (like Tamapoutini's "Hei-Tiki wearin' a Tiki")usually hung by a hole bored into its head. But there is also the long-bodied, smaller-head, one-hand-on-thigh-other-hand-on-heart variety too (like Tamapoutini's personal Hei-Tiki of dark pounamu), this one is usually hung from one of its bent arms. Are there names to differentiate between the various positions of Hei-Tiki? Cheers, Tipua

Kia ora, Aroha!

I've already posted this question on another thread but I think it may have been the wrong one. I'm new!

I have a question posed to whomever may know:

I've noticed that the majority of Hei-Tiki are of the big-head, squat-bodied, hands-on-thighs variety (like Tamapoutini's "Hei-Tiki wearin' a Tiki")usually hung by a hole bored into its head.
But there is also the long-bodied, smaller-head, one-hand-on-thigh-other-hand-on-heart variety too (like Tamapoutini's personal Hei-Tiki of dark pounamu), this one is usually hung from one of its bent arms.

Are there names to differentiate between the various positions of Hei-Tiki?

Cheers, Tipua

Post #290602 by Tipua on Thu, Mar 8, 2007 6:07 PM