hei tiki
Sign in to savethumb|right|220px|Hinepare, a woman of the Ngāti Kahungunu tribe, wearing a hei-tiki thumb|right|220px|Hei-tiki; circa 18th century; nephrite and [[haliotis shell; height: 10.9 cm (4 in.); from New Zealand; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (USA)]]
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thumb|right|220px|Hinepare, a woman of the Ngāti Kahungunu tribe, wearing a hei-tiki thumb|right|220px|Hei-tiki; circa 18th century; nephrite and [[haliotis shell; height: 10.9 cm (4 in.); from New Zealand; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (USA)]]
The hei-tiki (, ) is an ornamental pendant of the Māori of New Zealand. Hei-tiki are usually made of pounamu (greenstone), and are considered a taonga (treasure) by Māori. They are commonly called tiki by New Zealanders, a term that originally refers to the first mortal. (The word hei in Māori can mean "to wear around the neck".)