Tiki Mata Etua

Tiki Mata EtuaThis beautiful Tiki was hand carved in oceanic rosewood and it displays traditional Marquesan symbols for protection. Term Tiki is complex and multilayered in Marquesan culture. It generally represents deified ancestors and a god. Tikis are always present at important ceremonies. Marquesans keep Tiki statues inside and outside of their houses, wear them as jewelry and tattoo them on their bodies. Every Tiki is hand carved and no two Tikis are exactly

Tiki represents etua (god) deified ancestors whose supernatural powers sustain and protect the community

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symbolizing the preservation and protection of the community

The Marquesans call it e peka enana the Marquesan cross

the manta ray symbolizes wisdom and protection

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designed to hold your mobile phone

the place where my life

adorned with three Tiki heads and a crowned skull – carved in oceanic rosewood

The Marquesan Tiki bracelet was hand-carved from cattle bone and tied with coconut fiber from Nuku Hiva Island

Handmade in Nuku Hiva