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Weirdest/Ugliest Carving Ever. I had to buy it |
TikiTrevor
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Joined: Jan 15, 2004
Posts: 203
From: Portland, OR (originally
|  Posted: 2005-09-17 12:00 pm Permalink
This piece is uuuugly, but the price was right ($10) so I had no choice. Would you even consider this thing Tiki???
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Johnny Dollar
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Joined: Oct 01, 2003
Posts: 2920
From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2005-09-17 12:19 pm Permalink
that's not only ugly, but also highly disturbing.
i might describe it as 'tiki-influenced.'
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Tiki Matt
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Joined: Jul 06, 2004
Posts: 920
From: North O.C.
| Posted: 2005-09-17 2:28 pm Permalink
For those of you from the O.C., it looks like one of the creatures from the old Jungle Island at Knott's. I'm sure one of you O.C. historians could shed some light...
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hiltiki
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Joined: Jun 10, 2004
Posts: 2792
From: Reseda, calif.
| Posted: 2005-09-17 3:21 pm Permalink
exactly what is he doing?
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TikiTrevor
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Joined: Jan 15, 2004
Posts: 203
From: Portland, OR (originally
| Posted: 2005-09-17 3:52 pm Permalink
Really? You think its from Knotts? I grew up 1 block from Knotts (and my parents still live there) and don't remember anything like that. I remember the pond, but not artifacts like that. I did find it at a swapmeet in OC though.
Ya this thing is creapy looking. When my brother saw it, he told me that it can't stay in the house. It has to go outside or he'll have nightmares about it...
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teaKEY
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Joined: Nov 09, 2004
Posts: 3663
From: The thumb !
| Posted: 2005-09-17 4:32 pm Permalink
Oface tiki. Yes, I say that its totally tiki. MOre tiki then some things that are passed off as tiki.
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Tikiwahine
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3288
From: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2005-09-17 4:46 pm Permalink
I like it. Good score.
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The Sperm Whale
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Joined: Aug 23, 2004
Posts: 1538
From: Lakewood California
| Posted: 2005-09-17 5:55 pm Permalink
I really don't find it ugly at all!! In fact I think it looks pretty damn cool and unique!! It looks Tiki enough to me and if it isn't Tiki to somebody else who "F"in cares. That is a sweet score!! Did they have any others??
Later,
Spermy
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TikiTrevor
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Joined: Jan 15, 2004
Posts: 203
From: Portland, OR (originally
| Posted: 2005-09-17 5:59 pm Permalink
No, they didn't have any others. I actually found it late in the day for a swapmeet (~11:30am). And I didn't buy it right when I saw it. I saw it, walked the rest of the swapmeet, then went back and bought it on the way out.
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FreddieBallsomic
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Joined: Aug 08, 2005
Posts: 626 | Posted: 2005-09-17 8:28 pm Permalink
Hell Yeah!! I agree with the Sperm-man. Its unique. I'm proud no matter what I find in the wild.
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tikipedia
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Joined: Aug 25, 2004
Posts: 488
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2005-09-17 8:35 pm Permalink
Looks like either an an Edvard Munch piece, or somebody who just took a knee in the family jewels. Nice score!
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HelloTiki
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Joined: Jul 23, 2005
Posts: 440
From: Kailua, Hawaii
| Posted: 2005-09-18 09:15 am Permalink
I saw the original statue ("Kimchees's Revenge", the natives call it) on one of my visits to a village Kitilita, in Magnesia.
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SugarCaddyDaddy
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Joined: Jun 03, 2002
Posts: 1500
From: Huntington Beach, California
| Posted: 2005-09-18 11:30 am Permalink
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TikiTrevor wrote:
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I knew that tiki looked awfully familiar!
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Tiki Matt
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Joined: Jul 06, 2004
Posts: 920
From: North O.C.
| Posted: 2005-09-18 4:50 pm Permalink
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On 2005-09-17 15:52, TikiTrevor wrote:
I grew up 1 block from Knotts (and my parents still live there) and don't remember anything like that. I remember the pond, but not artifacts like that. I did find it at a swapmeet in OC though. |
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Me too, Dale & La Palma, Dysinger, Brookhurst, Savanna, small world.
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rustbeltcat
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Joined: Jan 13, 2004
Posts: 179
From: Steel City
| Posted: 2005-09-19 12:58 pm Permalink
Slightly reminds me of a Tupilak.... awful evil little totems that Greenlanders (or icelanders cant remember) would use as a black magic attack dogs, similar to a voodoo doll, once made, (out of carved bits of bone, blood, semen, whale tusk, hair..) it would be placed onto an iceflow and pushed out to sea, then to go after the intended victim....
I'll cut and paste the full story of what they are in a bit...
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