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HEI-TIKI.
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In the tiki illustrated in Figure 35, the boring is through the right ear, while that in Figure 36 was suspended by the hole at the left elbow, where the wearing of the hard greenstone by the friction of the suspending cord is plainly visible.
Figure 35
Figure 36
A comparison of this ornament with those illustrated on pages 72 and 76 shews that hei-tiki suspended by the elbow naturally hang in a horizontal, instead of an upright, position. In Figure 37 overleaf the cutting out of the neck is shewn only on the right side.
It will be observed that the tiki illustrated in Figures 33, 34 and 35, have the necks not cut out; the heads rest solidly upon the
