Russian Dolls!
You thought these were hei tiki forms, right? Look again. You’ve just been stung by the visual trick that Joe Sheehan plays in this particular work. The key is in the title. Russian or matryoshka dolls are made of painted wood. You open them up, and inside you find a smaller doll, sometimes identical, until you get to the final one, usually a baby, which is carved from solid wood.
Dimensions: 695x196mm