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Bollt talks about his discovery of the stylized tiki pendant. He found the tiki while working on the island of Rurutu. A Polynesian tiki is a male figure that represents a deified ancestral chief or god, although female and sexless examples are also known. When he had completely cleaned the small pe...

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Published inArchaeology Vol. 62; no. 3; p. 68
Main Author Bollt, Robert
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Archaeological Institute of America 01.05.2009
Subjects
Archaeology
Historic artifacts
Tribal leaders
Rurutu Island
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Summary:Bollt talks about his discovery of the stylized tiki pendant. He found the tiki while working on the island of Rurutu. A Polynesian tiki is a male figure that represents a deified ancestral chief or god, although female and sexless examples are also known. When he had completely cleaned the small pendant, he realized that this was the only excavated ornament of its kind from the Austral Islands in the South Pacific.
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ISSN:0003-8113
1943-5746