Hei tiki
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Descripción
Small sculptures carved from green nephrite and worn as pendants by the Maori people of New Zealand. Hei tiki are fertility symbols resembling the form of a human fetus. Traditionally worn only by women, they are handed down through generations. They are more recently mass-produced in plastic as tourist souvenirs or good luck charms.
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- hei-tiki [en]
- tiki (hei tiki) [en]