Hei tiki

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

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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.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300266855

Otros términos

  • hei-tiki [en]
  • tiki (hei tiki) [en]