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In the Tourist Department at Wellington is an oil painting by J. Barry, presented by the Church Missionary Society, through Mr. Donne’s instrumentality shewing Hongi wearing a tiki and a feather cloak, and accompanied by Waikato and Kendall the missionary.

This type of tiki (type B) has a neck, smaller eyes, one hand resting over the heart and the other, always on the side that the chin is pointing, rests on the thigh. The tongue is forked and points to the side of the mouth. This example has a hole in the top of the head where a cord may be passed through to hang it around the neck.
Figure 38

In tiki of the B type, of which Figure 38 is a good example, the design varies from those of the A type in several important particulars. The head is generally cut free of the shoulders and not resting upon them, the ears are usually shewn, and the neck is thicker. One hand with its outspread fingers and thumb is placed on the breast. The other hand, which is always that

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