Possible Clues:

• Figure of many sides clubs in part of New Zealand name
• Shape with eight straight sides
• Month before an attempt to acquire new figure
• Ring about tie-on label on figure
• 'Meditation XVII' writer
• Perhaps general Luas procedure leads to shape of roadside display
• Shape seen at some crossings
• Dome of the Rock floor plan shape
• Umbrella shape, often
• Geometric figure