What is Tiki?
[[File:Tiki1905.jpg|thumb|right|alt=|A [[Māori people|Māori]] man working on a carved wooden tiki in [[New Zealand]], 1905.]] A '''tiki''' is a [[wikt:carve|carved]] [[wood]]en or [[stone]] object depicting a [[human]]-like figure. They are found in [[Polynesian people|Polynesian]] cultures in the [[Pacific Islands]]. The [[Wood carving|carvings]] often serve to mark the boundaries of [[sacred site]]s. The term is also used in [[Māori people|Māori]] [[mythology]], where Tiki is the [[Ancestor|first man]]. {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Polynesia]] [[Category:Mythology]]