hei-tiki

Updated: June 24, 2025

The smaller tikis, or, more strictly speaking, hei-tiki, such as this, are carved as representations in miniature of the larger images, and are worn as neck ornaments. They are supposed to render the wearer immune from the wicked designs of evil spirits." "From what material are they carved?" said Caldew, who had followed this explanation attentively. "I have never seen anything resembling it.

Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees - The Hand in the Dark