Hei tiki: Did you mean...?

The hei tiki is a small personal adornment, fashioned by hand from tough pounamu (New Zealand greenstone or nephrite jade), and is worn around the neck. Hei means something looped around the neck, and tiki is a generic word used throughout...

The Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947, led by the Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002), successfully crossed 8,000 km (5,000 miles) of the Pacific Ocean from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands on a balsa-wood raft. The aim of the expedition was to demonstrate...

A c. 1863 oil-on-canvas portrait by Gottfried Lindauer (1839-1926 CE) of Maori tribal leader, Rangi Topeora (b. unknown-1873 CE). She is wearing hei tiki and pounamu. The hei tiki – a cultural object worn around the neck - is considered a...

Anthropomorphic pendant (hei tiki), jade (nephrite), abalone shell and pigments, Maori culture, 1500-1800 CE. In the exhibition "Maori, their treasures have got a soul", in the Musée des Arts Premiers in Paris, 2011-2012 CE.

Maori woman of the Aperahama family in Manaia (New Zealand) in 1873 CE wearing a hei tiki.

Te Paea Hinerangi was a famous guide in Rotorua. Her greenstone tiki carries fantastic stories of a ghostly canoe and the Mt Tarawera volcanic eruption. TALES FROM TE PAPA is a fascinating new series of mini-documentaries for TVNZ 7 that...

Te Papa Tongawera (or simply Te Papa) is New Zealand's innovative national museum situated near the foreshore of beautiful Wellington harbour. Te Papa Tongawera means “container of treasures” in Te Reo Maori, which is the indigenous language...

The Kon-Tiki Expedition (1947) was an experimental voyage led by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002), designed to test the feasibility of long-distance ocean travel using ancient technologies. Departing from Callao, Peru, a crew...

A front view of the Kon-Tiki expedition raft which Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) and his crew used to cross the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia in 1947. The mask on the sale is a representation of the Sun god Kon-Tiki painted by expedition...

A still from the award-winning documentary film made by Thor Herydahl (1914-2002) of his 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition when he and five others crossed the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia on a balsa-wood raft.