Figure

Native Name	Tiki
Object Number:	18033
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Marquesan
Provenience:	Marquesas Islands Nuku Hiva Tai Pi Vai
Date Made:	pre 1874
Early Date:	1850
Late Date:	1874
Section:	Oceanian
Materials:	Wood
Technique:	Carved
Height:	133 cm
Width:	24 cm
Depth:	23 cm
Credit Line:	Gift of William Pepper, 1891
Other Number:	LE701 - Other Number

Description

Human figure with stylized face, flexed knees, hands resting on stomach. In the Marquesas Islands such large wooden figures (tiki), representing deified ancestors, were placed on stone platforms at ritual sites.This one was found near Tai Pi Vai (Herman Melville's "Typee") Valley.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Polynesia Gallery (28 Jan 1982 - Jun 2010)	View Objects in Exhibition
Loan Exhibition - Objects Used in Religious Ceremonies, and Charms and Implements For Divination (16 Apr 1892)	View Objects in Exhibition
Gauguin and Exotic Art (02 Oct 1969 - 30 Nov 1969)	View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Greub, Suzanne. 2011. Gauguin Polynesia.. Wemding, Germany. Hirmer Publishers. pg. 400 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 276, Fig. 271	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 63, fig. 3	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Field, Richard S., and Danielsson, Bengt, and Davenport, William H. 1969. Gauguin and Exotic Art.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: #74	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Davidson, Daniel S. 1947. "The Oceanic Collections of the University Museum". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 12. no. 3-4. pg. 1-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 90	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Hall, Henry U. 1921. "Art of the Marquesas Islanders". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 12. no. 4. pg. 252-292 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 283, fig. 104	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Hall, Henry U. 1921. Wood Carvings of the Austral Islands.. Vol. XII. no. No. 3. pg. 179-199 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 91	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Culin, Robert S. 1892. Loan Exhibition: Objects Used in Religious Ceremonies and Charms and Implements for Divination.. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology and Paleontology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 161 #701	View Objects related to this Actual Citation