Kirsten S. Tiki Style: modernity. in English language. From the personal library of the Director of the State ...

Kirsten S. Tiki Style: modernity. in English language. From the personal library of the Director of the State Museum of the East, Henrikh Popov.

Taschen, 2007 Printed in China.336 p., Fig. Hardcover, size 23.5 x 27.5 cm. Excellent condition.

Tiki-wooden images of deities common in Polynesia. Tiki-pronunciation in the Maori language, called Ki'i in Hawaiian and ti'i in Tahitian

Also in Polynesian mythology, the name Tiki is given to the first person (demigod).

The Tiki participated in ceremonies and were considered incarnations of the gods, feeding and caring for them.

In Hawaiian legends, it is said that the practice of Tiki worship was brought there in the twelfth century by the priest La'a-Mai-kahiki, along with the hula dance and musical instruments.

Maori began making Tiki almost immediately after the settlement of New Zealand; one of the oldest carvings made by Maori is the marae column, a wooden image of the God Uenuku. Another famous wooden sculpture-a column-Ranks and Popes, the gods of heaven and earth, in a loving embrace. Maori Tiki, which are not part of the buildings, however, very little has been preserved, mostly 30-40-cm staves with carvings at one end.

More complex and larger free-standing ticks are found on the cook Islands, Tubuai and Easter Island. The most complex ticks were produced by the Hawaiians, and their perfection was noted by James cook; a few samples were sent to Europe by researchers, and most of the remaining ones in Hawaii ended up in private collections. A unique type of Tiki for Hawaii-an image of a feathered God, which was woven with real feathers.

Tiki is also mentioned in marquesan legend, in Tiki the spirit of a KIPO-Kino woman killed for infidelity is captured, which is then reborn in a mortal body.