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TIKI DAVID
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Joined: Apr 07, 2004
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From: North Coast
|  Posted: 2009-05-21 04:35 am Permalink
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BlackFish
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Joined: Feb 12, 2007
Posts: 54
From: Emerald Coast
| Posted: 2009-05-22 3:51 pm Permalink
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TIKIVILLE
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Joined: Sep 22, 2008
Posts: 635
From: Edmonton Alberta Canada
| Posted: 2009-05-22 4:05 pm Permalink
up here in Canada ......NOTHING!
there is ebay and thats it !
you all are very lucy to stumble upon these in the wild ....so lucky.
what a fantastic thing this WITCO!
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TIKI DAVID
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Posts: 1904
From: North Coast
| Posted: 2009-05-22 4:31 pm Permalink
most definitely WITCO ,nice shape too.nice score.
where is the pic of your fountain?
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BlackFish
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Joined: Feb 12, 2007
Posts: 54
From: Emerald Coast
| Posted: 2009-05-22 6:05 pm Permalink
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Psycho Tiki D
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Joined: Oct 13, 2006
Posts: 1783
From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2009-05-24 1:38 pm Permalink
Way better than anything Tiki David has posted lately is my find today (ha-ha)!
Witco??
Just kidding David. Keep 'em comin'
PTD
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TIKIVILLE
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Joined: Sep 22, 2008
Posts: 635
From: Edmonton Alberta Canada
| Posted: 2009-06-02 12:16 pm Permalink
found these hiding behind some ashtrays and bowls at the goodwill any luck ?
Anybody seen these before?
any help would be welcome , mahalo
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10558
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-06-02 12:47 pm Permalink
Notco, but definitely inspired by, judging by the heavy wood grain. Cool.
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TIKIVILLE
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Joined: Sep 22, 2008
Posts: 635
From: Edmonton Alberta Canada
| Posted: 2009-06-02 12:55 pm Permalink
thats 2 n 0 !
I'm on a cold streak!
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Paipo
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Joined: Jun 22, 2006
Posts: 1886
From: Aotearoa / NZ
| Posted: 2009-06-02 3:48 pm Permalink
I strongly suspect these aren't, but will probably grab 'em anyway cause this type of stuff is as rare as rockinghorse shit in NZ (and they have a certain naive charm). I have seen exactly 1 genuine Witco piece in NZ in all my years of collecting. I never even liked the stuff apart from the big tikis and fountains, but the constant flow of posts here and the work of a certain author have turned me on to the aesthetic.
Just over 1 foot tall each and about 6" across. Yes/no/maybe?
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bigbrotiki
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From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-06-02 4:41 pm Permalink
Thank You, and sorry to disappoint you, they ARE Witco. See Tiki Modern, page 95, second row in the middle, they are in that vein.
And Witco was indeed imported to Polynesia: The very first piece of Witco this Witco scholar ever found was a wall mask in Hilo, Hawaii!
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Paipo
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Joined: Jun 22, 2006
Posts: 1886
From: Aotearoa / NZ
| Posted: 2009-06-02 5:01 pm Permalink
Well, obviously I have not studied hard enough! Back to the books for me! One of those page 95 guys is pretty much identical and I can see he is going to look way cooler in the right light. I will post some pics when they arrive!
Hmm - maybe I'll have to track that outrigger wall hanging down now...
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bigbrotiki
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Posts: 10558
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-06-02 5:43 pm Permalink
Another example of how Bill Westenhaver simply used the chain saw like a brush, as if he was painting a two-dimensional flat painting. That approach brought some interesting sculptural result in 3D ...and some real odd ones. This Ku only works from the front, like a sketch.
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Tikisgrl
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Joined: Aug 03, 2005
Posts: 861
From: Lowell, Mass
| Posted: 2009-06-07 6:45 pm Permalink
Witco found in Maine. Does anyone have a picture or a scan of this how it is supposed to look? I think it must have been a lamp the base is missing so he will only stand on his head.
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Paipo
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Joined: Jun 22, 2006
Posts: 1886
From: Aotearoa / NZ
| Posted: 2009-06-08 04:26 am Permalink
Definitely sweeter in the right light (and with a clean & coat of beeswax paste):
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