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shoulders. The ornament shewn in Figure 36 has, on the other hand, its head quite clear of the body.
In tiki of the A type the ribs, either one or two pairs, are indicated by raised ridges forked at their lower ends, where in some cases (see Figs. 28, 33 and 34) the navel is shown.
Figure 37
A historic tiki of the A type, over six inches in height and of very fine workmanship, was brought to England in 1820 by the chief Hongi and presented by him to the Rev. Basil Wood, a life governor of the Church Missionary Society, who received him and his companion, the chief Waikato. After many vicissitudes this ornament is now preserved in the Dominion Museum at Wellington, having been secured for that national institution by Mr. T. E. Donne.
