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Tiki

2 stages from Maori/Polynesian to English.

Today it means a carved figure representing a Polynesian ancestor or deity
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Stage 1 of 2
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Maori/Polynesian · ancient
"a carved ancestral figure"
a carved figure representing an ancestor or deity
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Stage 2 of 2
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English · 1900s
"a carved figure inspired by Polynesian art"
adopted through contact with Polynesian art and later popular culture
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