http://www.celticnz.co.nz/Waitapu_Valley/Waitapu4.htm
Here’s the link and the story about the “enigmatic profile’ I posted earlier.
“Here in New Zealand the ancient people used these Egyptian/ South American measurements, as well as the Aztec quipu string knot devices, which were called by virtually the same name locally (kupu). Many regional plants (Karaka Berry), tubers (Sweet Potatoe) or cultural symbols (Hei-Tiki) found to be in the possession of Maori when maritime explorers arrived in the 1700’s have origins in South America. The Waitaha people of New Zealand claim a link to South America via Easter Island.
Figure 38: One of many incised boulders from the Taranaki region of New Zealand’s North Island, showing a raised relief face and headdress profile. Boulder incised designs of that district can look very “South American” and the headdress design shown is quite reminiscent of that depicted on the Quetzacoatl plumed serpent representations at Teotihuacan or the striped effect of Tutankhamun’s funerary mask from Egypt. The Meso-American “feathered serpent” representations also depict the “double spiral”, much used in Maori facial tattooing. The widely used “double spiral” design has a pedigree back to ancient Ireland or the Caucasoid “mummies of Urumchi”, China, etc., and is very old. The intricate pictographs found on these Taranaki boulders are generally faded and weather-worn, insinuating great age. Knowledge of the boulders is muted and largely suppressed in New Zealand and to date there has been little serious scholastic effort to trace the origins of the intricate patterning found on some of them.”
The ‘double spiral’ reference is interesting...