Hiva Oa, Marquesas — the six-fingered tiki and why locals still leave it offerings

Spent time on Hiva Oa (French Polynesia, way out, where Gauguin and Brel are buried). Hiked up to the me'ae Iipona, an old sacred site in the Puamau valley. Biggest tiki statues in the Marquesas, stone, way over a meter, some lying down. These aren't decoration — to the old Marquesans the tiki were ……