Ttwo, the first human, bewitched those who wanted to own it.
To protect themselves and use its powers against its enemies, the old Polynesian had to carve an image in stone or wood then make the necessary offerings to a willing spirit to penetrate well. Then he became a sorcerer parent and woe to the enemies of the family !
Carving a tiki in the wood is now an artistic gift that everyone has not. Kehua has the. Kehu lives in the Islands Marquesas, a archipelago everything north of Tahiti ; Like many of the greatest sculptors of tikis.
Tehu enjoys working kou wood or cordia subcordata, a hardwood tree in which the grain is much sought. The raw wood is sided with a knife and then cut and shape is carved in wood chisel. Then the ballet of the gouges that begins work for the end of burning.
The gesture is especially Kehua the Marquesas, it rotates the wrist by pushing the tool into the wood unlike other archipelagos where the tool is struck with a mallet. Kehua do not like power tools. A respect for elders, Wood also, makes him prefer hand tools, one of its most valuable assets which he often separates.
The tiki is not a neutral object. The sculpture requires a certain kind of seriousness on the part of the craftsman. This gravity, the mana, Kehu particularly well known to transmit its œworks to enable this type that comes from so far to exist yet.
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