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tikilongbeach
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Joined: Aug 05, 2011
Posts: 676
From: LBC via DFW
|  Posted: 2013-01-24 4:11 pm Permalink
lancelink, that is an amazing table! Where did you find it?
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lancelink
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Joined: Jun 10, 2012
Posts: 13 | Posted: 2013-01-24 4:21 pm Permalink
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On 2013-01-24 16:11, tikilongbeach wrote:
lancelink, that is an amazing table! Where did you find it?
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Picked it up at a flea market in Santa Rosa. The person I bought it from had no idea where it came from. Someone had it in a barn for a long time judging by the dirt I cleaned off the top.
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tikilongbeach
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Joined: Aug 05, 2011
Posts: 676
From: LBC via DFW
| Posted: 2013-01-26 10:53 am Permalink
That table is worth quite a bit of money so definitely baby it. The one I found online cost $900.00.
The Palau Prison produces a lot of storyboards for the tourist trade. It's a relatively new art form that was introduced by occupying Japanese forces in World War II.
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Ragbag Comics
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Joined: Feb 24, 2009
Posts: 70
From: Chicago
| Posted: 2013-01-27 9:41 pm Permalink
Here's the PNG trio occupying some wall space in our house...
This one, a Sepik Hook Mask, was a gift from my parents a bunch of years ago;
It's definitely older, but was picked up at an antique mall in a town in downstate
Illinois that's known to be home to a lot of missionaries. Perhaps this came back with
some missionary back in the 60's or 70's...Seashells for eyes, and along the perimeter of
the mask. The "hair" sticking out of the top seems to be some kind of plant fiber...
Several years later, we snagged this small shield in a different shop:
And most recently, this (likely the oldest of our trio) came from an estate sale with
many PNG and African artifacts. The guy we bought it from said it seemed like most
dated back to the 50's, 60's, or possibly earlier. I assume he was basing that date
on everything else in the sale- he was definitely not proficient in antiquities. Regardless,
this guy looks totally creepy and bad ass... we love it!
--Pete
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Hale Tiki
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Joined: Oct 19, 2004
Posts: 1384
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2013-01-28 06:26 am Permalink
I've never seen a spirit hook that has that face mask with it. It looks almost like two different pieces were put together. Very cool.
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