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Tiki - The tiki is one of the best-known artifacts of the Maori people, the indigenous people of New Zealand. The tiki is a very ancient symbol and there are many legends about its original meaning.
The tiki, usually carved from bone, wood or greenstone, is kept as a treasured possession and passed from generation to generation as a good luck charm and is worn on ceremonial occasions.
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