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Small tiki statuette in volcanic rock, 17.6cm tall, from Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, burnt and damaged by its original owners, then in the collection of Fabrice Fourmanoir, a Tahitian private collector, and acquired in 1976 by 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
Unique Identifier
AR9641358
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
5343px × 8284px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL
Archaeology
ARCHEOLOGICAL
archeology
BURNED
BURNT
Collection
color
Education
FIGURE
FRENCH POLYNESIA
guardian
Iles de la Societe
IMAGE
INDOORS
INSIDE
interior
Island
marquesas islands
MUSEUM
Oceania
Pacific Ocean
Polynesia
Sculpture
society islands
Statue
Statuette
tahiti
TAHITIAN
TIKI
TOURISM
Tourist Attraction
Travel
VERTICAL
VOLCANIC
Windward Islands