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Basement Kahuna -New Maori Bone Pendant 3/04 |
benella
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From: Meudon, France
|  Posted: 2008-06-02 09:59 am Permalink
Excellent.
Benjamin.
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Tamapoutini
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From: Aotearoa (New Zealand)
| Posted: 2008-06-02 2:17 pm Permalink
Sweet little Marq BK! How big/small is it?
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Basement Kahuna
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From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2008-06-02 4:19 pm Permalink
I guessed at a glance about 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1". Th 1" is the height laying down. You have to carve the flat sides on these so your thicker material is on the side so you can get the right depth to pierce the arms. On a piece of femur bone, anyway. I love these, though. The Marquesans had a million variants...they say no two alike.
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seeksurf
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From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2008-06-02 4:40 pm Permalink
Most excellent Marquesan Tiki Ivi Poo.
Its so cute!
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JohnnyP
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From: Attica, MI
| Posted: 2008-06-02 5:51 pm Permalink
Thanks for dimensions on that very nice piece, I was wondering how big it was as well.
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Basement Kahuna
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From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2008-06-03 08:18 am Permalink
Thanks, guys. If you can get the Metropolitan Museum book "Adorning The World, Art Of The Marquesas Islands" there are some nice examples of these to see. One of the better books on Marquesas art.
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Tiki Duddy
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From: Manitoba, Canada
| Posted: 2008-06-03 08:33 am Permalink
whoa! dude that's wicked!
wow
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Basement Kahuna
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From: Jawja Province, Isle of North America
| Posted: 2008-06-24 6:44 pm Permalink
Here's a little sumpin sumpin I recently added to my Paupuan artifact collection...a Mindibit Crocodile Slit Drum, Central Sepik River area. Always wanted a big one of these, as most examples available now are quite a bit smaller and sold for the tourist trade. This one is the real deal, appx. 60 years old. 11 x 55 inches! As you can see, it's neighbors in the collection are happy!   
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surfintiki
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From: S. Chatham, MA
| Posted: 2008-06-24 6:57 pm Permalink
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude.
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seeksurf
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From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2008-06-24 9:09 pm Permalink
Very nice find. Makes me think of JohnnyP I want
to hear one of those some day in the woods.
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pia tiki
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Joined: Jun 10, 2008
Posts: 22 | Posted: 2008-06-25 12:06 am Permalink
Aloha!
Great looking work! I've read over all 69 pages of this thread, and I'm not sure what I like better, the work or Basement Kahuna's poses. I hope that I am able to be this good in time. Just keep at it... just keep at it...
Cheers! 
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kikekeki
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From: the River of Grass in FlourDough
| Posted: 2008-06-25 08:24 am Permalink
Excellent add to what I am sure is an outstanding collection!
By the way, LOOOOVE the table and chairs!!
K.
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Swanky
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From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2008-06-25 09:22 am Permalink
They say the drumming in Papua New Guinea is a language. It isn't loud and boisterous, but almost like typing. There is a syntax to it and it communicates a lot of meaning.
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hala bullhiki
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From: champaign,illinois
| Posted: 2008-06-25 4:59 pm Permalink
"it's neighbors in the collection are happy! "
....before scrolling down to see the other pics, i thought you were refering to your cat sleeping/lying in the chair in the first pic!...lol
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Jungle Trader
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From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2008-08-10 11:32 pm Permalink
With all the fighting going on in Georgia I hope you're alright....heheh
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